NEW DELHI: The
State Election Commission
on Wednesday faced the ire of a
Delhi court
for not filing reply on an AAP leader’s plea challenging the election of a BJP candidate from a south Delhi ward in recent
MCD polls
, saying a “time table” needs to be followed in these matters.
“We need a time table and need to strictly stick to it,” District and Sessions Judge Asha Menon said while granting time to SEC and the counsel for BJP’s Anita Tawar, who won from ward 70-S in Chhatarpur, to file a reply by July 6.
During the proceedings, the state poll panel and Tawar sought time to respond on the petition of AAP leader Pinky Tyagi, who lost to the BJP candidate by two votes, on the grounds that they are in the process of filing a reply on petitioner’s application for modification in the plea.
Tyagi, through her counsel Vivek Sood, wanted the hearing to be expedited.
The court had earlier directed the EC to keep the EVM machines used in that very election “intact and in a sealed condition” on AAP candidate Pinky Tyagi’s petition.
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