Tag: disqualification

‘Rethink powers of Speaker in deciding legislators’ disqualification’: SC to Parliament

The suggestion for devising an independent mechanism to deal with disqualification pleas against lawmakers came in a judgment by which the top court asked the Manipur Assembly Speaker to decide within four weeks the plea of a Congress leader seeking disqualification of BJP lawmaker and Manipur Forest Minister T Shyamkumar.

January 21, 2020

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November 17, 2019

HC asks EC to state facts behind AAP MLAs’ disqualification

Delhi High Court today asked the Election Commission (EC) to state the facts behind its decision to disqualify the 20 AAP MLAs for holding office of profit by filing an affidavit. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar asked the poll panel to file the affidavit after the EC said it wanted to …

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January 31, 2018

AAP’s ‘office of profit’ case: HC asks EC to state ‘facts’

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission of India (EC) to state the factual aspects behind its decision to disqualify the 20 AAP MLAs for holding ‘office of profit’, as Parliamentary Secretaries, by filing an affidavit. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar asked the poll panel to file the …

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January 30, 2018

AAP rebuts CEC claim on disqualification of MLAs

Calling Election Commission (EC) a ‘khap panchayat’, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday rebutted the newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat’s claim that 20 legislators were disqualified for holding office-of-profit, “as they did not seek hearings on the issue”. Addressing a press conference, senior AAP leader Raghav Chadha termed Rawat’s claim “false”. Chadha said …

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January 24, 2018

Disqualification of AAP MLAs ‘political vendetta’: Kejriwal

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that the disqualification of his party’s 20 MLAs on charges of holding “office of profit” is a “political vandetta” against it. Addressing a function here, Kejriwal claimed that the “only office of profit” his legislators hold was “to work for …

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January 23, 2018

After Shatrughan, Yashwant Sinha backs AAP over MLAs’ disqualification

A day after BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha supported Aam Aadmi Party on the issue of disqualification of its 20 MLAs, former finance minister  Yashwant Sinha criticised the President’s decision, terming it a “tughluqshahi” order. President Ram Nath Kovind had on Sunday accepted Election Commission’s recommendation for disqualifying 20 of its MLAs in Delhi for holding office …

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January 22, 2018

‘Disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs was EC Chief’s gift to PM Modi’

The Election Commission’s (EC) decision to disqualify 20 AAP MLAs for holding office of profit, was its chief, A.K. Jyoti’s parting gift to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior AAP leader Gopal Rai said here on Saturday. Addressing media, Rai also said that the party will launch a campaign against BJP’s decisions to allow FDI in …

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January 20, 2018

AAP MLAs’ disqualification: Duel over dual office peaks up | Timeline

In a major setback to Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party, Election Commission of India on Friday recommended disqualification of its 20 MLAs for holding ‘profit for office’. In its opinion which was sent to President of India Ram Nath Kovind, the poll panel suggested that the MLAs were “unconstitutionally” appointed as parliamentary secretaries to various …

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January 19, 2018

AAP MLAs’ disqualification: Mamata comes in support of Delhi CM Kejriwal

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday took to Twitter to show solidarity with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on the issue of EC’s recommending disqualification of 20 Aam Aadmi Party MLAs. Banerjee took to Twitter saying, “A Constitutional body cannot be used for political vendetta. The 20 AAP MLAs were not even given …

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January 19, 2018

Know Delhi AAP MLAs disqualified by EC | Complete list

Election Commission of India’s (ECI) recommendation to disqualify 20 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs for holding ‘office of profit’ has caused fresh trouble for Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government as their disqualification may lead to by-polls in Delhi for 20 seats. Currently, AAP has 66 seats in Delhi Assembly and following the disqualification, the party will …

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January 19, 2018

Delhi HC denies interim stay on Sharad Yadav’s disqualification as MP

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to pass an interim order on a plea for a stay on former JD(U) president Sharad Yadav’s disqualification as a Rajya Sabha member. Justice Vibhu Bakhru, however, allowed Yadav to draw allowances, perks and retain his bungalow as an MP, but restrained him from attending the Winter Session of …

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December 15, 2017

Pressure from ‘all sides’ for my disqualification: Sharad Yadav

Veteran politician Sharad Yadav on Thursday said there was pressure from “all sides” to disqualify him from the Rajya Sabha, and that he knew it was a foregone conclusion. “I knew this (disqualification) is going to happen. Some media persons also wrote about it. I had mentally prepared myself for this. I have no regrets,” …

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December 7, 2017