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| Larger SC Bench to examine Amar's plea on anti-defection law
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| INDIA
, 10-November-2010
5:25:14 AM |
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to refer to a larger Bench a crucial question as to whether an expelled legislator or parliamentarian can be disqualified under the anti-defection law for defying a whip.
A Bench of justices Altamas Kabir and Cyriac Joseph decided to make the reference after Attorney General G E Vahanvati agreed that the issue needs to be settled by a larger Bench as the apex court's earlier judgement in the Vishwanathan's case was not clear on certain aspects of the anti-defection law.
The Bench said it would pass appropriate order on Monday, formulating various questions requiring consideration by the larger Bench.
The Bench took the decision after hearing in detail Attorney General Vahanvati and senior counsel Harish Salve and K K Venugopal, appearing for expelled Samajwadi Party leaders Amar Singh and Jaya Prada
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