HC seeks EC's reply on CPI-M registration's cancellation plea

The Delhi High Court today sought response from the Election Commission on a plea demanding cancellation of the registration of Communist Party of India (Marxist).
A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath also issued notice to the EC asking it to take instruction on the plea filed against the poll panel's order, rejecting the demands for deregistration of the political party.
The petition filed before the high court said the EC rejected the application filed before it, without considering the contentions raised in it.
The petition before the poll panel had claimed that the party constitution of CPI(M) does not contain the provision of true allegiance to the Constitution as mandated by the law.

"CPI (M) secured its registration by misrepresentation, fraud and forgery," the petition filed by Jojo Jose, who claimed to be a social worker, said.
He added that the main object of the CPI(M) was unconstitutional and it was formed for an unlawful purpose.