In a big push to clean up politics, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said, that political parties must make criminal records of their poll candidates public within 48 hours of their selection.
In an earlier ruling in February 2020, during the Bihar election in November, the Supreme Court had said candidates must upload these details either within 48 hours of their selection or at least two weeks before the first date of filing nomination papers, whichever is earlier. That has now been limited to only 48 hours.
Petitions have asked for contempt against political parties for not obeying the February 2020 orders of the Supreme Court.
The February 2020 order had said all political parties had to explain why they chose candidates with criminal cases and disclose details of the cases on their party website along with the reasons for selecting such candidates.
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