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Legislators taking bribes to vote in Parliament
March 9 , 2024
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- The Supreme Court has declared that parliamentary privilege will not protect legislators who take bribes to vote or speak in Parliament or State Legislative Assemblies from criminal prosecution.
- Now, the legislator will face criminal prosecution whether or not he makes a speech or votes in favour of the bribe-giver.
- The unanimous verdict overruled a 25-year-old majority view of the Supreme Court, laid down in the infamous JMM bribery case judgment of 1998.
- The ruling held that, the lawmakers who took bribes were immune from the prosecution for corruption if they go ahead and vote or speak in the House as agreed.
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