Rahul Gandhi was disqualified as MP day after sentencing in defamation case, Azam Khan as member of UP assembly a day after he was sentenced in hate speech cases.
Court observed that Speaker is a 'tribunal' under Tenth Schedule of Constitution, which deals with procedure on disqualification of lawmakers, and therefore amenable to judicial review.
Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi made the submission in court, which was hearing a plea filed by ‘rebel’ Congress leader Sachin Pilot & 18 others, challenging their disqualification.
The Delhi High Court is set to hear the case of disqualification of 20 Aam Aadmi Party MLAs by the nation’s President for holding an office of profit. ThePrint asks experts to weigh in.
At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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