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SC transfers plea of disqualified MP minister Narottam Mishra to Delhi HC

Supreme Court on Wednesday transferred the plea of disqualified Madhya Pradesh Minister Narottam Mishra seeking to vote Presidential election to the Delhi High Court on urgent basis. The hearing will take place tomorrow.<br/><br/>The High Court bench, also comprising Justice C Hari Shankar, agreed to constitute a special bench as sought by the apex court for hearing the matter so that it could be decided before the Presidential poll to be held on 17th of this month. The high court asked senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Mishra to ensure that the needful and relevant paperbooks are submitted before the Registrar General immediately.<br/>'<br/>The BJP leader had approached the top court against the Madhya Pradesh High Court order refusing to give him an urgent hearing on the matter.<br/>'<br/>The Election commission had on June 23 disqualified Mishra for three years over paid news charges, holding him guilty of filing wrong accounts of poll expenditure.<br/>'<br/>Mishra, who won from Datia assembly constituency, is the minister for water resources and public relations and the chief spokesperson of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government.

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