A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to restrict candidates from contesting elections for the same office simultaneously from more than one constituency. <br/><br/>The PIL has also sought a direction to the Centre and the Election Commission of India to take appropriate steps to discourage independent candidates from contesting Parliament and state assembly elections.<br/><br/>The petition has been filed by Delhi BJP spokesperson and advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay. <br/><br/>It sought to declare as invalid and ultra-virus section 33(7) of the Representation of the People (RP) Act, which allows a person to contest a general election or a group of bye-elections or biennial elections from two constituencies.