Updated On: 05 August, 2022 01:38 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
A bench of Justices B R Gavai and P S Narasimha said the Election Commission is the competent authority in the matter

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The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against heads of political parties for not following its directions to prevent criminalisation of politics in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls held earlier this year.
A bench of Justices B R Gavai and P S Narasimha said the Election Commission is the competent authority in the matter.