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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...- Akhilesh Yadav slams govt over Delhi blast, alleges intelligence failureSamajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav raised concerns about repeated intelligence failures after a recent Delhi blast. He also alleged that ...
- 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...
- Will Rahul Gandhi be disqualified as MP after today's conviction? Read what legal experts are sayingSenior lawyer and constitutional law expert Rakesh Dwivedi referred to the apex court's 2013 and 2018 judgements in the Lily Thomas and the...
- 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...
- Supreme Court refuses to entertain plea seeking to declare as void election of those facing criminal chargesA bench headed by Justice L N Rao said the petitioner can pursue remedies for implementation of earlier judgement delivered by the apex cou...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- No automatic disqualification for convicted lawmakers: Government tells Supreme CourtSeveral lawmakers were forced to vacate their seats after they were convicted by lower courts soon after the 2013 ruling that conviction wo...
- 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...
- Substantial rise in assets of 7 LS MPs, 98 MLAs: CBDT to SCThe CBDT said it would further probe the issue and place before the apex court in a sealed cover the relevant documents relating to the ass...
- 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...
- Only Parliament has right to decide on pension of ex-MPs: GovtParliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar told the Lok Sabha that the issue of perks and pensions to MPs are given as per provision of th...
- 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...
- 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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