Lok Sabha elections to 48 seats in the state will be held in four phases on April 11, 18, 23 and 29.
Dutt welcomed the verdict that her brother, actor Sanjay, is not a terrorist.
The judge asked the petitioner to point out any law or earlier court ruling to justify his objection to the Congress candidate using her father's name instead of her husband's.
Dutt was on Tuesday elected from the Mumbai North-West Parliamentary constituency in Maharashtra
Congress Member of Parliament Priya Dutt on Wednesday expressed her disappointment over her actor-brother Sanjay Dutt's decision to associate with the Sawajwadi Party for the Lok Sabha polls."Definitely there is disappointment. We have always been a Congress family. I hope he would have fought for the Congress party," Dutt, a sitting MP from northwest Mumbai, said.She stressed that her brother's decision to associate with the Samajwadi Party was completely an individual one.
She said she hoped her actor brother Sanjay will help her to shoulder it.
Hitting out at Priya Dutt for her reported remarks that her father Sunil Dutt would not have liked his son Sanjay Dutt contesting the Lok Sabha polls on a Samajwadi Party ticket, party leader Amar Singh on Wednesday said Dutt junior had campaigned for the party even when the late actor was alive.Singh claimed that when the Congress had asked Sunil Dutt to campaign against Jaya Prada, he had refused. "He had said he would not campaign against people in the industry."
Congress nominee Priya Dutt filed her nomination papers from Mumbai North-West Lok Sabha constituency.
Sanjay Dutt's sister and Congress Member of Parliament Priya Dutt on Saturday issued an emotional statement in the wake of the Supreme Court upholding the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act Court's verdict against the actor in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
'For 13 years, my father lived with the stain that his son was a terrorist. It was the worse thing to happen to him'
The assets include a flat in Bandra worth Rs 1.43 crore, agricultural land worth Rs 28.2 lakh and farmhouse worth Rs 31.5 lakh.
Congresswoman Priya Dutt has a tough battle on her hands in the Lok Sabha elections, says Patrick Ward
In her statement, Dutt has hailed and thanked her "mentor" United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
The second list has named 16 candidates from Uttar Pradesh and five from Maharashtra.
Several film folk paid their last respects to Sanjay Khan's wife Zarine Khan, as she passed into the ages on November 7. The funeral was held at the Juhu crematorium in northwest Mumbai.
'Gurudas Kamat's resignation is very unfortunate. I think he should take back his resignation.'
'Priya as well as my father (Sunil Dutt) has done a good job for this constituency. I will pray to God that she succeeds'
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Priya Dutt, daughter of late Sunil Dutt, will be the Congress candidate for the Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency.
Film folk celebrated Raksha Bandhan over the weekend and posted their happy pictures online.
Quite a few film folk attended the prayer meet for restaurateur Kishor Bajaj on March 22.
The 60-year-old actor, who earlier dabbled in politics as part of the Samajwadi Party, clarified that he wished Jankar luck but would not be joining any party.
Sanjay Dutt celebrates his 61st birthday on July 29.
An environmental-friendly farewell to the Lord.
The World Environment Day was celebrated on June 5.
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Till 3 pm Mumbai and suburbs saw a muted 40 per cent voting, but for those who voted it was an occasion to remember.
Ending days of speculation and seeking to bury the hatchet with her sister and Congress member of Parliament Priya Dutt, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt said on Friday that he would contest Lok Sabha poll from Lucknow as a nominee of Samajwadi Party.
'Those were not kind days for a woman with a break-up. The world has changed; today, nobody cares.'
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The actor toured several areas of the four legislative assembly constituencies that constitute the Parliamentary constituency, in a motorcade.
Souces said family members, including Sanjay's sister and Congress MP Priya Dutt, were waiting for release orders from the Supreme Court.
Kishwar Desai, author of the book Darlingji, talks about the lives of Nargis and Sunil Dutt.
Priya's candidature was okayed by Sonia a few months ago with the All India Congress Committee declaring that she would be the party nominee from the seat represented by her father Sunil Dutt several times.
'While our family is shaken up, we are determined to fight tooth and nail.'
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