SC rejects Chakrapani petition on fighting elections

New Delhi, Feb 7 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition from Swami Chakrapani, who claims to be the President of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, challenging a Delhi High Court order refusing him permission to contest Assembly elections in many states. A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Indira Banerjee and comprising Justice J K Maheshwari, refused to entertain a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Swami Chakrapani. Senior advocate and former Additional Solicitor General Vikas Singh, appearing for Swami Chakrapani, submitted that the matter needs to be decided by the Supreme Court. He argued that presently nobody is able to nominate candidates for the Mahasabha. He submitted that the Election Commission has said that it cannot recognize the petitioner as the President of the Mahasabha. “You are fighting amongst yourselves, what can be done?” Justice Indira Banerjee said, and refused to entertain the petition filed by Swami Chakrapani. “This court will have to look into this matter, it is the oldest party, somebody should represent the party. This is a matter which should be decided by the Supreme Court,” Singh said. “Oldest party? You’re fighting within the party. Someone says I am the President, someone else says I am the President,” the Bench remarked. A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh had dismissed Swami Chakrapani’s petition.