{"id":31119,"date":"2018-10-27T12:12:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T06:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=31119"},"modified":"2018-10-27T12:12:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T06:42:03","slug":"sc-spell-out-stand-on-mps-salary-revision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sc-spell-out-stand-on-mps-salary-revision\/","title":{"rendered":"SC: spell out stand on MPs\u2019 salary revision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/sc-spell-out-stand-on-mps-salary-revision\/article22811047.ece\"><b>SC: spell out stand on MPs\u2019 salary revision<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme Court has asked the Union government to take a \u201ccategorical stand\u201d on establishing an independent body to review the salaries and allowances of Members of Parliament and, possibly, scrap their post-retirement benefits and perks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Background:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The petition, filed by NGO Lok Prahari, argued that the pension and perks given to MPs, after they demitted office, were contrary to Article 14 (right to equality) of the Constitution.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It said Parliament had no power to provide benefits to lawmakers without making any law.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also argued that there were no guidelines for granting allowances.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The NGO has highlighted that how a one-time MP, was eligible for pension for the rest of his life, and such expenditure was a drain on the exchequer.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Conclusion:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bench has observed that irrespective of the government in power, the issue is a matter of concern<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SC: spell out stand on MPs\u2019 salary revision Context: The Supreme Court has asked the Union government to take a \u201ccategorical stand\u201d on establishing an independent body to review the salaries and allowances of Members of Parliament and, possibly, scrap their post-retirement benefits and perks. Background: The petition, filed by NGO Lok Prahari, argued that&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sc-spell-out-stand-on-mps-salary-revision\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SC: spell out stand on MPs\u2019 salary revision<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704909256},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31119","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=31119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}