NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a fresh plea seeking imposition of lifetime ban on lawmakers following their conviction in criminal cases.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi dismissed the petition filed by NGO ‘Lok Prahari’ through its General Secretary S N Shukla, saying that it was already seized of a similar petition on the same issue.
“We are already examining the same thing in a petition filed by Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay,” said the bench, also comprising Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph.
The Apex Court dismissed the petition as it was already scheduled to hear a similar PIL filed by lawyer and BJP leader Upadhyay tomorrow, who in his plea has sought barring of convicted politicians for life.
“Why have you filed a separate petition when the court is seized of the same issue in another pending petition. We don’t think we need to hear it. Dismissed,” the bench said. (AGENCIES)
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