SUPREME COURT TO HEAR MAHUA'S PLEA

The Supreme Court will hear a petition filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra, challenging her expulsion from the Lok Sabha on March 11, 2024.

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A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will hear the petition, wherein the court had previously declined to provide interim relief to Moitra, who had requested permission to participate in the Lok Sabha proceedings until her plea is finally adjudicated.

On January 3, the apex court had sought the response of the Lok Sabha secretariat while noting that one of the issues at hand pertains to the jurisdiction of courts and the power of judicial review in the matter.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Lok Sabha secretary general, had urged the court not to delve into the internal disciplinary matters of another sovereign organ of the State. He had contended that Parliament can internally address disciplinary matters concerning its members through its inhouse procedures, which are not subject to judicial review, thus rendering Moitra's plea non-maintainable.