The Supreme Court on Tuesday, 23 November, rejected sacked Border Security Force trooper Tej Bahadur’s plea challenging the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, news agency PTI reported.
The judgment was pronounced by a bench comprising Chief Justice SA Bobde, and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian at 12 noon.
On 18 November, the Chief Justice had said the Prime Minister's Office is a “unique office”, as it denied adjournment during the hearing of Tej Bahadur's plea. Tej Bahadur's counsel repeatedly sought adjournment, as he was unable to answer a specific query by the top court, news agency IANS reported.
The Chief Justice said: “This is too important a matter to be adjourned so many times. The respondent occupies a unique office. He is the PM of India.”