New Delhi: The Supreme Court today made it clear that it may hear the plea against the proposed ordinance to protect convicted lawmakers from disqualification only after the law gets the nod from the President.
In response to the submisison that the Presidential nod to the ordinance was merely a formality, a bench of justices A K Patnaik and J S Kehar said, “Suppose the ordinance is passed, we can still pass the stay order. You mention the matter on Monday, if it is cleared.”
The court said that it cannot hear the plea when the ordinance in question was in the process of being promulgated.
During the brief hearing, advocate M L Sharma said the ordinance was being fastracked in view of impending verdict in a fodder scam case involving RJD chief Lalu prasad as one of the accused. “Moreover, the President is duty bound to clear the ordinance,” he said.
