Bombay High Court slaps Rs 1 lakh fine on politician who lied to contest elections

The Bombay High Court has charged a politician with a fine of 1 lakh on a politician who lied to the court about the number of children she had in order to bypass a two child policy imposed in Maharashtra for contesting regional elections. Expressing his disapproval of the petitioner's conduct in the case Justice V Ghuge remarked,

This case also indicates the level to which a person can stop low for fulfilling politician aspirations. Shedding light about frauds carried out by politicians to bypass disqualification, the jugde observed that, the situation, therefore is quite grim and alarming. It is astonishing that the litigants dare to abuse the process of law by blatantly lying before this court. Affidavits are filed by the elected representatives disowning their children from avoiding a disqualification for having more than two children born after cut off date September 13, 2000.