03-11-2006, 08:46 PM
UP Bill can't bail out SP leaders
Manoj Mitta
[ Saturday, March 11, 2006 01:46:24 amTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
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In view of this categorical provision, the SC ruled in 1996 on a petition filed by Subramaniam Swamy that "the President was bound to seek and obtain the opinion of the EC and only thereafter decide the issue in accordance therewith. In other words, it is the EC's opinion which is decisive."
On the other hand, the parliamentary committee on offices of profit, which is headed by a party colleague of Jaya Bachchan, is not meant to perform any adjudicative function but to recommend from time to time the offices that could be added to the exempted list under the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act 1959.
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Manoj Mitta
[ Saturday, March 11, 2006 01:46:24 amTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
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In view of this categorical provision, the SC ruled in 1996 on a petition filed by Subramaniam Swamy that "the President was bound to seek and obtain the opinion of the EC and only thereafter decide the issue in accordance therewith. In other words, it is the EC's opinion which is decisive."
On the other hand, the parliamentary committee on offices of profit, which is headed by a party colleague of Jaya Bachchan, is not meant to perform any adjudicative function but to recommend from time to time the offices that could be added to the exempted list under the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act 1959.
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