HC dismisses plea against Mukherjee's candidature

June 29, 2012 17:00

The Delhi High Court today dismissed a petition challenging the candidature of UPA's presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee accusing him of abusing his office as Finance Minister and securing "pecuniary favour" in the form of votes from various political parties in the upcoming Presidential election.

The petition, filed by an advocate, had sought registration of a case against the ex-finance minister under the Prevention of Corruption Act for allegedly misusing his official position by approaching various MPs or MLAs for securing their votes for his candidature in the Presidential election to be held on July 19.

A vacation bench of justices V K Jain and Pratibha Rani, however, "dismissed the petition as withdrawn" and said that asking for vote does not amount to asking for pecuniary advantage.

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