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| Prof Bhim calls for review of SC's order on 'disqualification of convicted legislators' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu/ New Delhi, Feb 1: Prof Bhim Singh, Chief Patron of National Panthers Party and Member of National Integration today expressed his complete disagreement with the Supreme Court Order calling for disqualification of a legislator if found guilty by the trial court without waiting for the final decision of the Appellate Court or Courts. While addressing gathering of political parties, Members of the Parliament, representatives of the civil society and lawyers meeting organized by the Law Commission of India under the Chairmanship of Justice Ajit Shah, NPP Chief Prof Bhim Singh who is also Sr Executive Member of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) demanded for the reconsideration of the issue.
Earlier Chairman of the Commission told that the American or Swedish jurisprudence cannot be applicable to the socio-political environments in India which has different measures for moral values. He expressed his disappointment that the some politicians as well as the judiciary are trying to adopt the outdated jurisprudence of USA and the Western countries.
In his address Prof Bhim Singh also accused the powers that be for the criminal exercise of rigging polls through the use/misuse of EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) which have been declared a fraud on the system by many civilized countries practicing democracy. He also criticized those who want disqualification of a person to contest election after a court has charged him even before the trial and said that if this situation was accepted he himself would have not been able to contest and represent the wretched of the earth/suffering people of J&K in the Legislative Assembly. Earlier in his inaugural speech Justice BP Jeevan Reddy, Former Judge of Supreme Court of India and Former Chairman of the Law Commission suggested inclusion of Section 125A in clause (i) of sub section 1 of Section 8 and, (ii). make the act of intentional filing of a false affidavit (in Form 26) a corrupt practice--which means that the winning candidate's election can be set aside by the High Court on this ground. Other eminent persons who participated included M/S. Fali S. Nariman, Sr. Advocate, Justice Usha Mehra and others. |
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