Supreme Court of India
Lok Prahari, through its General Secretary S. N. Shukla v. Union of India & Others Writ Petition (c) No. 784 of 2015 February 16, 2018
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that an inquiry/investigation such as the one sought for by the petitioner with reference to the named LEGISLATORS would amount to selective scrutiny of the matter in the absence of any permanent mechanism regularly monitoring the growth of the assets of all the LEGISLATORS and/or their ASSOCIATES as a class.
Judgment, page 46
From the headnote
The Representation of the People Act, 1951 – Chapter II, Par t III – ss.2(g), 7(b), 8, 8A, 9, 9A, 10, 10A, 33A, 33B, 77, 78, 100, 123 and 169 – Disqualification of Legislators on ground of undue accretion of assets – Right of voters to know vital infor mation about candidates – Writ petition filed by registered society s tating that the assets of some members of the Parliament and State legislatures grew disproportionately to their known sources of income – Petitioner sought various reliefs – Held: Parliament has prescri bed various disqualifications in Chapter III of Part II of the 1951 Act
Authorities it was built on
- 1969 Samant N. Balakrishna Etc. v. George Fernandez and Ors. Etc.
- 2002 Union of India v. Association for Democratic Reforms and Anr.
- 2007 Raja Ram Pal v. The Honble Speaker, Lok Sabha & Ors.
- 1998 P.V. Narasimha Rao Etc. Etc. v. State (cbl/spe) Etc. Etc.
- 2015 Krishnamoorthy v. Sivakumar & Ors.
- 2013 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited v. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and Others
- 2007 J.K. Industries Ltd. & Anr v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1982 V.T. Khanzode & Ors. v. Reserve Bank of India & Anr.
- 2006 State of Bihar and Ors. v. Project Uchcha Vidya, Sikshak Sangh and Ors.
- 2013 State of J & K v. Lakhwinder Kumar & Ors.
- 1974 D. Bhuvan Mohan Patnaik & Ors. v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors.
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