{"id":17823,"date":"2018-03-27T17:04:19","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T11:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=17823"},"modified":"2018-03-28T12:27:43","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T06:57:43","slug":"delhi-high-court-quashes-verdict-on-20-disqualified-mlas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/delhi-high-court-quashes-verdict-on-20-disqualified-mlas\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi High Court quashes verdict on 20 disqualified MLAs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>Context: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Delhi High Court has recently reinstated 20 (Aam Aadmi Party) AAP Memberof the\u00a0Legislative Assembly (MLAs) earlier disqualified by Election Commission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Background: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2015: <\/strong>The AAP Government appointed 21 MLAs as Parliamentary secretaries.<\/li>\n<li>Appointed MLAs were challenged for holding office of profit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>January 19<sup>th<\/sup>, 2018:<\/strong> Election Commission of India (ECI) recommended the AAP MLAs to be disqualified.<\/li>\n<li>The president approved the recommendation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>March 23<sup>rd<\/sup> 2018<\/strong>: The Delhi High Court has set aside the ECI\u2019s ruling.<\/li>\n<li>Referred the case back to ECI for fresh hearing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/appointment-of-parliamentary-secretaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Know more about Parliamentary secretaries<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Justification of High Court\u2019s judgment:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the High Court, the ECI\u2019s ruling has some loopholes, which are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>procedural lapses,<\/li>\n<li>against natural laws,<\/li>\n<li>no oral hearing for the accused,<\/li>\n<li>violation of natural justice, and<\/li>\n<li>no opportunity for explanation by the accused.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/criteria-for-disqualification-of-mlas-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Know more about criteria for disqualification of MLAs in India<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Justification of Election\u2019s Commission ruling: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ruling by election commission of India unveils the following points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>decision taken in haste, and<\/li>\n<li>ECI has a power to take decision without oral hearing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Other options to manage cases as such:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other options to manage the cases as such are by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>following a just and fair procedure of investigation,<\/li>\n<li>providing opportunity to present the arguments of the accused,<\/li>\n<li>taking decision through a judicial or quasi judicial process, and<\/li>\n<li>even after the judgment by Delhi High court, the ECI can appeal the Supreme Court for a fresh and fair investigation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Conclusion:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The judgment of Delhi High Court on the disqualified MLAs has thus reaffirmed faith of judiciary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context: The Delhi High Court has recently reinstated 20 (Aam Aadmi Party) AAP Memberof the\u00a0Legislative Assembly (MLAs) earlier disqualified by Election Commission. Background: 2015: The AAP Government appointed 21 MLAs as Parliamentary secretaries. Appointed MLAs were challenged for holding office of profit. January 19th, 2018: Election Commission of India (ECI) recommended the AAP MLAs to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/delhi-high-court-quashes-verdict-on-20-disqualified-mlas\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Delhi High Court quashes verdict on 20 disqualified MLAs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":10348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-editorials","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/jdus-thakur-parveen-and-harivansh-file-nomination-for-rs-polls_280114034610.jpg?fit=1002%2C507&ssl=1","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704707810},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}