Retired Justice SN Dhingra withdraws PIL in Delhi High Court seeking to end poll freebies, told to approach SC

The plea was filed days earlier Delhi headed to Assembly polls connected February 5 and challenged the canvass promises of the BJP, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress too calling attraction to elector information postulation by the AAP connected the pretext of extending benefits of the Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) informed the part seat of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela that the Supreme Court is already looking into the issues raised successful retired Justice Dhingra’s PIL.

While advocator Siddhartha Borgohain, representing Dhingra, contended that his PIL has two-fold issues – declaration of fiscal schemes promised arsenic portion of canvass sops arsenic a corrupt signifier arsenic good arsenic the contented of information postulation – Chief Justice Upadhyaya reiterated that some issues are being dealt with by the apex court.

“Collection of information for the intent of reaching retired to people radical volition besides beryllium covered… Matter pending earlier SC has taken up some issues… Better question your impleadment there… Both matters of freebies and whether it is corrupt practice, is being looked into by SC,” Chief Justice Upadhyaya remarked orally.

As a proceedings tribunal judge, Justice Dhingra had awarded the decease condemnation to Parliament onslaught accused Afzal Guru. He had besides probed the onshore deals of Robert Vadra and faced judicial scrutiny successful 2017 for imaginable misuse of his mandate arsenic a court-appointed perceiver successful a household concern dispute.

He was appointed arsenic the president of the SIT looking into closed cases of the 1984 Sikh riots successful 2018. He was elevated arsenic a Delhi High Court justice successful 2006 and retired successful 2011.