Sub: Subject: Request for an immediate action against political parties and their office bearers for willful disobedience and blatant disregard of the lawful directions of the Election Commission of India issued in pursuance to the Supreme Court judgments in (2019) 3 SCC 224 and 2014 (3) SCALE 563 in the light of discrepancies found in Forms C7 and C8 during Gujarat State Assembly elections 2022. [...] IV clearly stipulates that; One local vernacular newspaper and one national newspaper; (b)On the official social media platforms of the political 6) The sole objective of the directions dated 13th February, 2020 and 25th September, 2018 in the WP (C) 536/2011, WP (C) 784/2015 & Contempt Petition (C) 2192/2018 was threefold; a) Make voters aware of the criminal antecedents of the candidates selecte. [...] 656 of 2020 had thus observed: stream of politics is obviously not one of the immediate pressing concerns of the 8) The and mentioned in the aforementioned judgments were solely aimed at at reducing the criminality in elections by not only making political parties conscious of their actions while selecting candidates but also compelling them to take necessary steps to stop the entry of candidates. [...] ECI should constitute a mechanism for ongoing monitoring or Audit C7 and C8 forms to minutely check for the compliance for of the guidelines under C7 AND C8 forms including strict and constant reminders by ROs to the defaulters.. [...] Suggestive C8 form with modification is as follows:- Format C-8 Report of the political party as required under the Commission s directions issued in the pursuance of the order dated 13-02-2020 of Hon ble Supreme Court in the Contempt Petition (C) No.
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