The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the Election Commission to place before it the model code of conduct (MCC), which the EC claims was violated by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal when he allegedly made bribery remarks during the Goa Assembly poll campaign.
Justice Yogesh Khanna said he wants to see the MCC, which according to the EC was violated by Mr. Kejriwal and hence an order of censure, and later a direction for lodging an FIR, was issued against the CM by the poll panel in January 2017.
The court asked EC to place the MCC before it by January 17.
Mr. Kejriwal’s lawyers also asked the HC to ensure that the EC does not take any action against the CM during the time the matter is before the court, especially in view of commencement of poll campaigning in Haryana in January.
The court, however, refused to grant any interim relief to Mr. Kejriwal.
The court was hearing an application moved by the AAP convenor seeking a stay on the poll panel’s censure order, which said that if he in future repeated such remarks, it would take action against him and his party.
