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No Constitutional embargo on State legislature in giving benefits to MLAs, ex-MLAs: Allahabad HCThe Allahabad High Court has upheld the legality of pension and benefits for former MLAs and MLCs, deeming them within the legislature's pu...- MP, MLA disqualification ceases if conviction stayed, Centre said in 2017The Centre was responding to a writ petition by Lucknow-based NGO Lok Prahari, which argued that even in case of a stay of conviction - for...
- Let Parliament decide if charged can contest elections: Supreme CourtDealing with a plea filed by NGO Lok Prahari which sought elections of charge-sheeted persons as null and void, the bench, however, allowed...
- Election Commission view sought on ways to monitor lawmakers’ assetsThe law ministry has written to the Election Commission seeking its opinion on a proposal to set up the mechanism, ET has learnt. The propo...
- Supreme Court seeks answers from government over poll reformsA three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi demanded answers from the legislative department of the law ministry within ...
- SC rejects plea for centralised mechanism for appointment of judges in lower courtsThe court has also sought the time frame from the states and the high courts for completing the recruitment drive and construction of court...
- No government bungalows for former chief ministers; SC strikes down UP lawWhile striking down the UP govt's law, Supreme Court said, Section 4(3) of UP Ministers (salaries, allowances & miscellaneous provisions) A...
- Clarify stand on independent mechanism to determine MPs' salary: Supreme Court to governmentThe government said the issue was "under consideration" and sought some time to clarify its stand, as a PIL on the matter has raised severa...
- Candidates must reveal source of spouse & kids’ assets too: Supreme CourtUnfortunately, in our country, neither the Parliament nor the Election Commission of India paid any attention to the problem so far,” the b...
- Supreme Court moots new mechanism to verify declaration of assets by MLAs, MPsSC was dealing with a PIL which has sought probes into such affidavits to find out if assets were proportionate to the known sources of inc...
- Electoral candidates will soon have to list their income source tooThe Election Commission had earlier backed the need for candidates to disclose the source of income of their spouses and dependents in the ...
- Plea against Akhilesh Yadav infructuous: Supreme Court"Yadav has lost the election and must have vacated the bungalows by now. He is no more the chief minister. How can he retain both the house...
- Parliament has right to decide on members’ salaries: GovtTrinamool member Saugata alleged that while the apex court was “transgressing” its rights, Parliament was not asking why former judges were...
- Perks, allowances given to former MPs and MLAs seem unreasonable: Supreme CourtThe court direction came on a petition filed by NGO Lok Prahari, seeking to do away with unnecessary allowances and perks to former lawmake...
- Supreme Court seeks reply of Centre on plea against pension, perks to MPsIt has been alleged that pension and other perks being given to MPs even after demitting office are contrary to Article 14 (Right to Equali...
- Former CMs can’t occupy public property for life, rules Supreme CourtThe state government defended its action on the grounds of security, but the court set it aside and asked the state to recover appropriate ...
- Disqualification of lawmakers: Supreme Court seeks poll panel's responseThe apex court had held that chargesheeted Members of Parliament and MLAs on conviction for offences, will be immediately disqualified from...
- Supreme Court notice on PIL for making source of income public by poll candidates"The voters have the right to know that the growth of politicians' wealth is commensurate with their known sources of income and through le...
- Supreme Court may look into conflict of interest in awarding government contracts to lawmakersThe law as it stands, declared by the Supreme Court in an earlier 2014 judgement, does not allow those with subsisting government contracts...
- MPs, MLAs will be disqualified on date of conviction: Supreme CourtSC today struck down as ultra vires a provision which protects a convicted lawmakers against disqualification on the ground of pendency of ...
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