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Court reserves order on Tendulkar's
nomination to Rajya Sabha
Wednesday November 21, 2012 06:54:47 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court Wednesday reserved its order on a petition challenging Sachin Tendulkar's nomination to the Rajya Sabha.
A division bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan and Justice Rajiv
Sahai Endlaw reserved the order after hearing both the parties.
The petition, filed by Ram Gopal Singh Sisodia, a former Delhi
legislator, claimed that Tendulkar did not possess the
qualification prescribed under Article 80 of the constitution for
a person with "special knowledge and practical experience" being
nominated to the Rajya Sabha.
The central government, however, had informed the court that the
nomination of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar to the Rajya Sabha was
according to a constitutional provision.
The affidavit filed by the government said: "The 'special
knowledge and practical experience' required for the purpose is
not confined to the said four categories (literature, science,
arts and social service) only but would also include categories
like sports, education, law, history, academics attainments,
economics, journalism, parliamentary practice and procedure,
public administration, agriculture, sports (wrestling) or other
similar fields of human endeavour".
Tendulkar was nominated by the government to the upper house of
parliament April 26 alongside actress Rekha and industrialist Anu
Aga.
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