New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on March 13 welcomed the Supreme Court judgement on electoral reforms, hoping that it would pave the way for "cleansing" the electoral process.

"We will be able to give our formal comment after seeing the judgement. But as of now, we welcome the judgement," Election Commissioner T S Krishnamurthy said reacting to the apex court's ruling declaring as unconstitutional the controversial Electoral Reforms law and upholding its earlier judgement.

"We do sincerely hope that this judgement will pave the way for cleansing the electoral process," he said.

The Supreme Court, in today's ruling, made it mandatory for candidates to declare their antecedents.

PTI