A sessions court in Ahmedabad on Saturday rejected a revision application in a case related to the affidavit filed by Prime Minister and former Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for the 2012 Gujarat Assembly polls, where he had left the marital status column blank.
Mr. Modi had contested from the Maninagar constituency for the 2012 State Assembly polls.
Following the declaration of his marital status during the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Aam Aadmi Party member Nishant Varma moved the court seeking an FIR against him and returning officer PK Jadeja for a “false” affidavit.
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In June 2014, a magistrate’s court ruled that while Mr. Modi had committed an offence, registration of an FIR was not possible as his affidavit was challenged belatedly. Mr. Varma then sought a revision of the magistrate’s order on the aspect of delay before the sessions court.
However, the sessions court dismissed Mr. Varma’s revision plea on the ground that he had no right to challenge the affidavit as he was not a voter from Maninagar or Vadodara, seats which Mr. Modi respectively contested in 2012 State and 2014 general assembly elections.
“The lower court’s order is proper and within the ambit of law. The applicant is not a voter of the electoral constituencies and therefore has no right to complain against the respondents [Mr. Modi and Mr. Jadeja]. The applicant seeks has made the move for publicity,” the order of additional sessions judge GN Rana states.
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Mr. Varma’s pleas for issuance of notice to Mr. Modi were also refused by the courts last year.