Supreme Court of India
Navjot Singh Sidhu v. State of Punjab and Anr.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the application moved by the appellant deserves to be allowed.
Judgment, page 18
From the headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-Sections 319 and 389- Conviction of sitting Member of Parliament to 3 years regorous imprisonment-Person resigning and seeking re-election from same seat Conviction challenged-Person released on bail and execution of sentence suspended-Application filed seeking suspension of order of conviction c Held, Section 389(1) confers power not only to suspend execution of sentence and to grant bail but also to suspend order of conviction-Person could have continued to remain as Member of Parliament by merely filing appeal or revision within 3 months from order of
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Where later benches applied it
- 2012 State of Maharashtra through Cbi, Anti Corruption Branch, Mumbai v. Balakrishna Dattatrya Kumbhar
- 2013 Lily Thomas v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2019 N. Ramamurthy v. State by Central Bureau of Investigation, A.C.B., Bengaluru
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 mentioned · 1 not applicable
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