The apex court on Friday will hear Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra’s plea against her expulsion from Lok Sabha for her links in the ‘cash for query’ case. Her plea will be heard by a Supreme Court bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna. The expelled MP tried her best on Wednesday to get …
What the Supreme Court said In a landmark judgement in 2007, the top court dismissed the petitions challenging the expulsions calling the move a ‘self-protection exercise’ by the Parliament. A five-judge constitution bench led by the then Chief Justice Y K Sabharwal upheld the expulsion with a 4-1 majority verdict. The court had ruled that …
Mahua Moitra is a Trinamool Congress leader New Delhi: Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra has been expelled from the Lok Sabha following an Ethics Committee report into the ‘cash for query’ charges against her. Ms Moitra, 49, was accused of taking bribes, including Rs 2 crore in cash and “luxury gift items”, from businessman Darshan Hiranandani, …