Supreme Court seeks Election Commission's response on separate election symbols

The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Election Commission on a plea against allotment of several electoral symbols to a political party in the 2014 General elections.
A bench headed by Justice J S Khehar asked the Election Commission to file its response within four weeks.

The apex court was hearing a petition filed by Jai Maha Bharath party which said that its 25 candidates who contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections across the country were allotted 13 electoral symbols which created confusion among the voters.

The petitioner had contended that in future there should be a proper system in place under which the Election Commission allocates one election symbol at the time of registration of the political party.

Expressing its displeasure on the issue, the bench also comprising Justice S A Bobde, pulled up the poll body asking how separate election symbols were allocated to candidates of a political party.

The bench also asked the Election Commission to resolve the issue as early as possible.