The Supreme Court remarked on Monday that corruption and bribery by members of the legislatures erode probity in public life while saying 'no' to immunity to lawmakers from bribery charges for voting in the house.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the Supreme Court's ruling on Monday that legislators cannot claim immunity from prosecution in bribery cases related to casting votes or giving speech in Parliament or Legislative Assembly.
The curative petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia challenging the top court decision rejecting his bail plea in a liquor policy irregularities case was mentioned in the Supreme Court on Monday seeking an early hearing of the plea.
This comes after the order of the apex court came as it found that the Returning Officer had deliberately defaced eight ballots that were cast in favour of Kuldeep Kumar to make them invalid.
A seven-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that an MP or MLA cannot claim immunity from prosecution on a charge of bribery in connection with the vote or speech in the Parliament or Legislative Assembly.
Supreme Court Judge Justice Abhay Oka advised the legal fraternity to avoid performing "Puja' in the court premises during events asked to start any work by bowing down before the copy of the preamble.
A seven-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will deliver an order tomorrow (March 4) on the issue relating to the re-examination of its 1998 judgment in the P V Narasimha Rao case and the matter concerning whether a Parliamentarian or legislator can claim immunity from prosecution
Two convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case have approached the Supreme Court urging it to refer the matter of their pre-mature release from jail to a larger bench, as two different benches passed different orders.
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Friday heaped praise on Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and said that the latter is the youngest senior counsel in the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea of self-proclaimed godman Asaram, who is currently serving a life sentence in a rape case, seeking the suspension of his sentence.
Can we put chips on the parliamentarians to digitally monitor them round the clock? The Supreme Court commented on Friday and rejected the petition seeking electronic tracking of the MPs in the country, with a warning to the petitioner not to move such a petition again.