Shimla, April 2 -- Himachal Pradesh Assembly passed an amendment to deprive the pension benefit of MLAs found involved in defection, and they would not be eligible for pension from the retrospective effect.
Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha on Thursday passed the amendment to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Allowances and Pension of Members) Act, 1971, amid an intense and politically charged debate, with both the treasury benches and the Opposition trading sharp arguments over its intent, scope and retrospective application.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu defended the amendment, asserting that the Assembly was well within its power to legislate on the matter. He maintained that if the courts scrutinise the law, the governmen...