NEW DELHI, Jan. 21 -- the Legislative Assembly who himself is a member of a party should decide on the disqualification of the MP or MLA? Also, the Supreme Court has made strict comments on the process of disqualifying MLAs and MPs by a speaker.
A three-judge bench headed by Justice F Nariman said that Parliament should consider whether an independent body, the MP or the MLAs, should take a decision on the disqualification or the retention.
An independent institution should be formed
The court said that the powers given to the speaker in revoking the membership of the MLA or MP need to be reconsidered. The bench asked that when the speaker is a member of some political party then how to trust his decision?
The court said that if any MP o...