Indian top court upholds Pranab as president

The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed P A Sangma's petition challenging Pranab Mukherjee's election as the president.
The SC bench said that Sangma's petition did not disclose material to pass the stage of early scrutiny.
A five-judge bench of the apex court decided by 3:2 majority that the petition did not deserve to be entertained for detail trial, which if ordered would have entailed possible cross examination of Pranab Mukherjee.
The SC on November 21 had said that it would take a final call on entertaining former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma's plea, challenging the election of Pranab Mukherjee as President, on December 5.