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 …
The expulsion of Mahua Moitra, the Trinamool Congress MP from the Lok Sabha is unique in many respects. Firstly, it is not clear whether the Ethics Committee of Lok Sabha has the jurisdiction and the mandate to recommend expulsion. The principal charge against Moitra was that she received money for asking questions in Parliament from …
Mahua Moitra of the Trinamool Congress was expelled on Friday from the Lok Sabha after the House adopted the report of its ethics committee that found her guilty of accepting gifts and illegal gratification from businessman Darshan Hiranandani to further his interest. TMC leader Mahua Moitra addresses the media after being expelled by the Lok …
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, …
Mahua Moitra is a Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP from Bengal’s Krishnanagar (File). New Delhi: An Ethics Committee report on cash-for-query allegations against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra is expected in the Lok Sabha today. If tabled, the report, which recommends Ms Moitra be expelled, will trigger an explosive stand-off between the ruling BJP and …
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra’s Parliament login ID was not just accessed from Dubai, but also from New Jersey, United States, and Bengaluru, sources privy to the ongoing cash-for-query row told India Today. Moitra earlier, in an exclusive interview with India Today, admitted to sharing her Parliament login ID and password with businessman Darshan …
Opposition members in the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee, which Thursday recommended the expulsion of TMC MP Mahua Moitra, said in their dissent notes that the panel conducted its probe in “unseemly haste” and with “complete lack of propriety”. Calling the probe into the cash-for-query allegations a “fixed match” by “a kangaroo court”, Opposition leaders raised …
Jai Anant Dehadrai, Supreme Court lawyer and Mahua Moitra’s ex-partner, has filed a complaint against the Trinamool Congress MP, accusing her of “trespassing” with the intention of “intimidating” him. In the complaint, he alleged that she showed up at his house unannounced on November 5 and 6. The complaint against the TMC MP read, “Mahua …
Cash for query case: Jai Anant Dehadrai has levelled new allegations against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra claiming that the politician “came to his house unannounced on November 5 and 6″. Dehadrai has accused TMC MP Mahua Moitra of taking cash for questions against Adani in Parliament. “There is every possibility that Smt Moitra might …