PARTY WHIP TO GOVERN EXPELLED LEGISLATORS!!

**INDIA**A Party whip will govern even expelled legislators, says SC Dhananjay Mahapatra NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to answer questions raised by expelled MPs Amar Singh, Jaya Prada and Pyari Mohan Mohapatra, leading to revival of its 1996 judgment making elected representatives thrown out of a party amenable to the party whip in a House. The SC had on November 15, 2010 passed an 11-page judgment staying application of its 1996 judgment to Amar Singh and Jaya Prada, who were expelled from Samajwadi Party on January 6, 2010. It had referred the matter to a three-judge bench after framing seven questions for consideration, including whether an expelled MP or MLA would come under the ambit of party whip and whether defiance of such whip would make the elected representative liable to disqualification proceedings under the Tenth Schedule. Expelled from BJD in 2012, Mohapatra had moved the SC and got relief similar to Singh and Jaya Prada. The New Inventive Steinway Commission - Watch It In Progress Ad How To Spend It | Steinway A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Arun Mishra and P C Pant, which had heard detailed arguments on the seven questions and reserved the verdict on February 15, on Wednesday surprised the counsel for the three petitioners by saying, "We are not answering the questions raised in the petitions." The bench passed a short order saying the term of these elected representatives had ended and the petitions had become infructuous. In comparison, the reference judgment of November 15, 2010 by Justices Altamas Kabir and Cyriac Joseph dealt elaborately with the pleadings and had said, "Pending the reference, the decision in G Vishwanathan's case (the 1996 judgment) shall not apply to Amar Singh and Jaya Prada." With Wednesday's order, the 1996 judgment will apply to all expelled MPs and MLAs immediately and they will have to adhere to the whip issued by the party on whose ticket they were elected to the House before being expelled. Justices Kabir and Joseph had said, "We are convinced that the decision in G Vishwanathan's case merits another look as far as members of the House who are expelled from their parties on whose banner they had been elected to the House are concerned, as they would be left completely vulnerable to the whims and fancies of the leaders of their parties." ADD COMMENT Bookmark or read stories offline - Download the TOI app NEXT STORY Man found dead with 300 pellets, tension grips Srinagar LOADING NEXT STORY SECTIONS: TOP NEWSENTERTAINMENTCITYMOVIE REVIEWSINDIATVWORLDLIFE & STYLETIMES NEWS - RADIO BEAUTY PAGEANTSBUSINESSPHOTOSTECHAUTOSPORTSRIO OLYMPICS 2016VIDEOSINFOGRAPHICSTRAVELHUMOURTOI FEATURESOPINIONCAMPAIGNPROPERTYSTARTUPSGET THE APPGOOD NEWSGOOD GOVERNANCEUS ELECTIONS 2016 More from our network: ET MobileIndiatimesJob SearchFolloGreetZapAliveActive WorldZigWheelsProperty SearchBook Print AdsAstrospeakHindi News. All rights reserved.For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service