The interlocutory application, filed in a pending PIL, also sought to declare as "null and void", the elections of those MLAs, MLCs and MPs who fail to furnish these details within 90 days.
The fresh plea, filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, said the onus of producing information should be placed on the lawmakers themselves as neither was the national grid functioning properly, nor were news reports enough for this purpose.
The fresh plea also claimed that the number of Special Courts to be established by the Centre was highly inadequate to deal with the huge number of criminal cases pending against politicians.
"It is submitted that the Central Government may be required to establish quite not less than 140 Special Courts to dispose of all criminal cases involving political persons," the plea said.
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The government's affidavit has said that the figure of 1,581 cases has been obtained from an NGO but the data as to in which courts these cases are pending is not available.
The EC had supported the plea seeking life ban on politicians convicted in criminal cases and said they have already made recommendations on this to the Centre.
The top court was hearing petitions seeking to declare the provisions of the Representation of People Act, which bar convicted politician from contesting elections for six years after serving jail term, as ultra vires of the Constitution.
The apex court had on July 12 pulled up the EC for not taking a clear stand on a plea seeking barring of convicted politicians for life.
The petition had also sought a direction to the Centre and the EC to fix minimum educational qualification and a maximum age limit for persons contesting polls.
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