00:00It's a big setback for the Congress Rajasabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan as the Supreme Court has said that she can't
00:06interfere in the election process.
00:08Supreme Court also adding that Meenakshi can file a poll plea before the High Court saying that the top court
00:14will not interfere in the Rajasabha nomination process.
00:17It's a big setback for the Congress as they had also approached the election condition on this matter.
00:22But the top court dismissing Meenakshi's plea saying the court cannot interfere in the election process.
00:29Meenakshi Natarajan has the right to file the election petition before the High Court.
00:34Let me take this to my colleague Anisha Mathur for further details on what the top court has said on
00:39this matter and what next for Meenakshi Natarajan.
00:43Well, Sureshav, Meenakshi Natarajan will now have to file an election petition and clearly, as argued by, also argued by
00:50Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi in the Supreme Court,
00:53election petitions tend to take a long time.
00:56So clearly, for this Rajasabha election, Meenakshi Natarajan has faced a serious disappointment.
01:03Now, let's take a look at the arguments that were raised before the court.
01:06Meenakshi Natarajan's lawyer, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singh,
01:36Meenakshi Natarajan's lawyer, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singh,
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02:09we are talking about returning officers to compromise and they are exposed to the people
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