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The Supreme Court today refused an urgent hearing on a plea seeking postponement of presentation of the Union Budget due to assembly elections in five states.
“There is no urgency in it. We will lay down the law when this petition comes up,” a bench headed by Chief Justice J. S. Khehar said.
Advocate M. L. Sharma, who filed the PIL on the issue, mentioned it and sought an urgent hearing.
The PIL has also sought a direction to strip BJP of its lotus election symbol for alleged violation of the model code of conduct, which came into effect after declaration of assembly polls in five states.
The PIL said the Centre be directed to present the Union Budget in the financial year 2017-18 which would commence from April 1, instead of the proposed February 1 date.
It also said that the central government be restrained from declaring “any relief, programme, financial budget until the states’ elections are over” as they would violate the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).
The Election Commission had on January 4 come out with the schedule of Assembly elections to be held in five states, including Uttar Pradesh.
The Centre has already decided to convene the Budget Session of Parliament from January 31 and present the Budget for 2017-18 fiscal the very next day.
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