SC Dismisses Plea By EX-BSF Jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav Against Rejection Of His Nomination From Varanasi. Supreme Court has dismissed the petition filed by former BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav against the dismissal of his nomination from Varanasi Loksabha constituency.
Yadav, who was dismissed from Border Security Force in 2017 for allegedly making false complaints about food quality, had filed his papers on April 29 as a candidate of the Samajwadi Party.
In the bench headed by Chief Justice Gogoi he said "We don't find any merit to entertain this petition."
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for Yadav, said, as per earlier verdict of the apex court, the election petition can be filed during enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct.
Senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, appearing for the Election Commission, also referred to various apex court judgments and said election petitions can only be filed after polls are over as it would vitiate the electoral process.
The court said "We have done what we could have done. We find no grounds to entertain this petition."
