Prayagraj, Oct 24 The Allahabad High Court on Saturday ordered to list a writ petition challenging the Rajya Sabha membership of senior Congress leader Rajeev Shukla after two weeks, officials said.
The petition filed by Pradeep Singh, a resident of Aligarh, alleged that discrepancies were found in Shukla’s date of birth recorded in various official documents and election affidavits, and sought the registration of an FIR and a CBI probe into the matter.
A two-judge bench of Justices Rajiv Gupta and Devendra Singh ordered to list the plea for hearing after two weeks.
The Uttar Pradesh chief electoral officer, the Election Commission of India, the Union government, the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, the Uttar Pradesh government, and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have been made parties in the plea.
A former chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Shukla presently serves as a vice-president of the BCCI.
According to the petition, Singh moved the high court after raising the matter before the Election Commission, the Rajya Sabha Secretariat and the Lokpal, without receiving any concrete response.
(PTI News)
