Today's very significant judgement by the Supreme Court of India may dampen the spirits of most candidates aspiring to contest the May 30th Goa Assembly elections.
The Supreme Court today upheld a petition that makes it mandatory for all candidates standing for elections to any elected body to disclose their assets. This directive of the Supreme Court would have far reaching consequences on the way elections are contested in our country and also affect those who contest them. The Supreme Court ruled that the voters have a fundamental right to know about the criminal background of a candidate. It has directed the Election Commission to issue necessary orders making it mandatory for candidates to declare cases pending against them as well as their assets and liabilities. A three-judge Bench comprising Justice M B Shah, Justice B P Singh and Justice H K Sema agreed that the candidates should also declare their educational qualification. So the mad rush for party tickets may ease and some sanity may be brought to the whole electoral process. Now the nomination papers would have to be accompanied by the candidates list of assets and the history of criminal record if any. All this information would be in Public Domain. We could now see some candidates rushing to the Chartered Accountants fudging and fiddling the figures. Some may land at the Intensive Care Unit. Have no mercy! Aires Rodrigues Ribandar =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
