Karnataka HC declares JD(S) MLA Gowrishankar’s election in 2018 void, later stays disqualification
Gowrishankar will have to appeal to the Supreme Court and get a stay on the High Court's judgment within one month of the order.
Gowrishankar will have to appeal to the Supreme Court and get a stay on the High Court's judgment within one month of the order.
Under section 10A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, an elected member can be disqualified by the EC for failure to lodge account of election expenses. A member of Rajya Sabha was disqualified by the EC in July 1991 and the Rajya Sabha Secretariat issued the notification of disqualification. The matter was not referred to the President.
Vaishnaw said, "Rahul Gandhi has been disqualified because of his arrogance. He thinks it is his birthright to rule this country and that is causing all this cognitive dissonance in his mind."
The Congress leader asserted that he won’t back down from asking questions on the relationship between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and billionaire Gautam Adani.
Congress leaders, led by party's state president Brijlal Khabri, took out a march from the party office to Raj Bhawan to register their protest against the move.
Dr Cheema said Parliamentary traditions should be maintained at all costs and an impression should not be given that the Opposition is being suppressed in any manner whatsoever.
The Congress on Friday questioned Rahul Gandhi's disqualification from the Lok Sabha, and said that only President has the powers to do so.
After Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from the Lok Sabha a day after his conviction in Surat court, the Congress on Friday said that it will fight the battle legally and politically.
"We want Roy to get disqualified as soon as possible. We will also mention in the petition to fix the deadline for fast redressal of the issue,” Adhikari said.
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.
