1. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court rejected the plea of Saritha S Nair, accused in the solar scam, seeking cancellation of the election of Ernakulam MP Hibi Eden. Saritha had also filed nomination papers for the Lok Sabha elections in Ernakulam constituency. As she was imprisoned for more than two years in a criminal case, the returning officer rejected her papers. Following that, she filed a plea in the apex court.

Saritha had approached the Supreme Court challenging the win of Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency. However, a bench led by Chief Justice S A Bobde had dismissed that plea.

The returning officers had rejected her nomination papers filed in Wayanad and Ernakulam for the Lok Sabha polls in 2019. However, her nomination papers were accepted in Amethi and she had contested the polls there.