The process of disqualification of a lawmaker is a bit complicated but not ambiguous. The Constitution and conventions are a fair guide on the matter
Aquestion has arisen whether a Member of Parliament convicted by a court of law and awarded imprisonment of two years or more warrants to be
Talking of the legal aspect, many Congress leaders have questioned the action of the Lok Sabha secretariat on the ground that the sentence had been suspended by a month by the trial court itself.
Under section 10A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, an elected member can be disqualified by the EC for failure to lodge account of election expenses. A member of Rajya Sabha was disqualified by the EC in July 1991 and the Rajya Sabha Secretariat issued the notification of disqualification. The matter was not referred to the President.
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On March 23, 2023, Rahul Gandhi was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in a criminal defamation case by the Surat District Court for his defamatory remark, where he claimed that “all Modis are thieves”.