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Disqualification petition
March 21 , 2020
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- For the first time in its history, the Supreme Court removed the Manipur Minister ThounaojamShyamkumar Singh from the state cabinet.
- The apex court has also been restrained him from entering the Legislative assembly.
Background
- Mr Shyamkumar won the 2017 assembly elections on Congress Ticket and switched over to BJP to become the minister of Town Planning, forest and Environment.
- The Disqualification petitions against the minister by other MLAs was pending before the speaker of the Manipur Assembly since 2017.
- When the issue was appealed to SC, the apex court has invoked Article 142 and has removed the minister from the cabinet.
- According to the Article 212, the courts in India including Supreme Court cannot interfere in the proceedings of the Legislature of state.
- The Supreme Court under the article 142 can pass an order doing “complete justice” to matter pending before it.
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