NEW DELHI: In relief to Congress MLA
Mohammed Moquim
,
Supreme Court
has stayed order of
Orissa high court
(HC) which had nullified his election.
HC on March 4 annulled his election on grounds of “suppression of
criminal cases
pending against him”. It also observed that his
affidavit
was not properly checked by the returning officer and declared it invalid.
The politician thereafter rushed to SC through his advocate Mithu Jai for stay on the order.
Granting him relief, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Justice K V Viswanathan stayed HC order and issued notice on his plea.
Biju Janata Dal leader
Debashish Samantray
had challenged Moquim’s election in 2019 after losing the polls by 3,827 votes. Samantray, who was elected to
Rajya Sabha
last month, also alleged that Moquim did not disclose correct facts about his assets and liabilities.
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