Withdrawal of Election Cases Requires Mandatory High Court Sanction, Supreme Court Issues Directions to Curb Black Money: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has issued important directions to protect the purity of the electoral process and to prevent political influence from affecting criminal cases connected with elections. A Bench comprising Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice N. Kotiswar Singh held that withdrawal of criminal cases registered against candidates during an election cycle cannot take place without the mandatory approval of the concerned High Court. The Court also issued directions concerning seizure…