The EC had asked Chavan why he should not be disqualified for failing to give his true and correct expenses incurred in 2009 Assembly polls
The Delhi High Court on Friday set aside an order issued by the Election Commission (EC) holding Maharashtra's former chief minister Ashok Chavan guilty of filing incorrect expenses during the 2009 Assembly elections.
The EC in its 13th July order had also issued a show cause notice to Chavan seeking his response within 20 days on why he be not disqualified for the same.
"Election Commission's 13 July 2014, order is set aside," Justice Suresh Kait said.
The poll panel, in its order, had given Chavan, an MP from Nanded parliamentary seat, a 20-day deadline to respond to the show cause notice which was issued after it found him guilty of failing to "lodge his account of election expenses in the manner required by the (Representation of the People) Act and Rules."
In its show cause notice, the poll panel had asked Chavan why he should not be disqualified for failing to give his true and correct expenses incurred in last Assembly polls.
But the High Court had on 28th July stayed the Commission's show cause notice to Chavan.
Earlier, former Law Minister and senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who also represented Chavan, had contended that his client had filed all the correct poll expenses and had incurred an expenditure of Rs6.85 lakh in the 2009 Assembly elections.
Chavan had won the 2009 Assembly polls from Bhokar in Maharashtra's Nanded Lok Sabha constituency. He won the recent Lok Sabha polls from Nanded.
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