<p>The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea seeking electoral reforms, including ban on convicted politicians from contesting polls or hold office in their parties.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A bench of Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justice Amitava Roy tagged the petition filed by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay for consideration along with a pending PIL. The matter is likely to come up for hearing on January 9. <br /><br />The petitioner, represented by senior advocate Sanjay Hegde, sought direction to bring in electoral reform and to make rules for de-criminalisation and de-communalisation of politics.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea seeking electoral reforms, including ban on convicted politicians from contesting polls or hold office in their parties.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A bench of Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justice Amitava Roy tagged the petition filed by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay for consideration along with a pending PIL. The matter is likely to come up for hearing on January 9. <br /><br />The petitioner, represented by senior advocate Sanjay Hegde, sought direction to bring in electoral reform and to make rules for de-criminalisation and de-communalisation of politics.</p>
