New Delhi:
The Supreme Court will today take up former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan's appeal challenging the jurisdiction of Election Commission in deciding the paid news case against him.
Based on a complaint regarding Mr Chavan's spendings during the 2009 state assembly polls, allegedly involving expenses on paid news, the Election Commission had begun proceedings against him.
Mr Chavan had approached the Delhi High Court against the Election Commission, but the court had ruled in the Commission's favour. He then approached the Supreme Court, which had stayed the Election Commission probe.