May hear plea after ordinance on convicted MPs, MLAs passed: SC

Earlier, the lawyer had filed the PIL for quashing the ordinance proceedings by the Union Cabinet for amending the law to protect convicted MPs and MLAs from facing immediate disqualification.



There was “no extra-ordinary emergency” circumstance to issue ordinance for amending Representation of the People Act and the ordinance process be declared “illegal and unconstitutional”, it said.

A fraud was committed by political leaders on the Constitution with “vested interest to demolish basic structure and fundamental right of the Constitution, the plea said.

“The respondent (Principal Secretary, PMO and Union of India) has misused Article 123 and ordinance process which is not permitted under Constitution, therefore, impugned adopted ordinance process must be declared illegal and unconstitutional,” the PIL said.