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Supreme Court to Examine Anti-Defection Law Plea
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The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a plea by senior advocate Kapil Sibal assailing the interpretation of a provision that allows legislators to escape disqualification by way of a political party merger.
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Supreme Court to Examine Anti-Defection Law Plea
The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a plea by senior advocate Kapil Sibal assailing the interpretation of a provision that allows legislators to escape disqualification by way of a political party merger. The court has observed that 'enormous issues' in the implementation of the anti-defection law are 'the making of the members of Parliament'. The court's decision to examine the plea has sparked concerns about the future of the anti-defection law and its potential impact on Indian politics.
Supreme Court Flags 'enormous Issues' With Anti Defection Law, Issues Notice On Kapil Sibal's Plea
The petition challenges the claim that Paragraph 4 of the Tenth Schedule has allegedly transformed from a safeguard against political opportunism into a legal shield for engineered defections.
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