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Centre opposes Supreme Court intervention in life ban for convicted lawmakers

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Updated: February 26th, 2025, 17:20 IST
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New Delhi: The Centre has opposed in the Supreme Court a plea seeking a life ban on convicted politicians, saying imposing such a disqualification was solely within the domain of Parliament.

In an affidavit filed in court, the Centre said the prayer in a plea, seeking the same, amounted to re-writing of the statute or directing Parliament to frame a law in a particular manner which was wholly beyond the powers of judicial review.

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“The question whether a lifetime ban would be appropriate or not is a question that is solely within the domain of the parliament,” the affidavit said.

By confining the operation of penalty to an appropriate length of time, deterrence was ensured while undue harshness was avoided, it added.

There was, said the Centre, nothing inherently unconstitutional in limiting the effect of penalties by time and it was a settled principle of law that penalties were limited either by time or by quantum.

“It is submitted that issues raised by the petitioner have wide-ranging ramifications and fall within the legislative policy of Parliament and the contours of judicial review would be suitably altered in such regard,” the affidavit said.

The plea in the top court filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeks a life ban on convicted politicians aside from the expeditious disposal of criminal cases against MPs and MLAs in the country.

In its affidavit, the Centre underlined the apex court had consistently held that the legislative choice over one option or the other couldn’t be questioned in courts over its efficacy or otherwise.

Under Section 8 (1) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the period of disqualification was six years from the date of conviction or in case of imprisonment, six years from the date of release, it added.

“The disqualifications made under the impugned sections are limited by time as a matter of parliamentary policy and it would not be appropriate to substitute the petitioner’s understanding of the issue and impose a lifetime ban,” it said.

The Centre said as a matter of judicial review, the court could declare the provisions to be unconstitutional, however, the relief sought by the petitioner effectively sought to read “life-long” instead of “six years” in all sub-sections of Section 8 of the Act.

It said lifetime disqualification was the maximum that could be imposed under the provisions and such discretion was “certainly within the power of Parliament”.

“However, it is one thing to say that a power exists and another to say that it must necessarily be exercised in every case,” the Centre argued.

The affidavit said the impugned laws were “constitutionally sound” and “did not suffer from the vice of excess delegation” aside from being intra vires the powers of Parliament.

While imposing any penalty, it said, Parliament considers the principles of proportionality and reasonability as for instance, the entirety of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, or penal law provides for imprisonment or fines up to certain limits and the rationale behind it was that the punitive measures would co-relate with the gravity of the offence.

There were numerous penal laws that prescribe imposing restrictions on the exercise of rights and freedoms, which in most cases are time-specific, it said.

The Centre said the petition failed to make the crucial distinction between the basis of disqualification and the effects of disqualification.

“It is true that the basis of disqualification is a conviction for an offence and that this basis remains unchanged so long as the conviction stands. The effect of such conviction lasts for a fixed period. As stated above, there is nothing inherently unconstitutional in limiting the effect of penalties by time,” it said.

The affidavit said the petitioner’s reliance on Articles 102 and 191 of the Constitution was misplaced.

Articles 102 and 191 of the Constitution deal with disqualifications for membership of either house of parliament, legislative assembly or legislative council.

The Centre said Clause (e) of Articles 102 and 191 were enabling provisions that confer on Parliament the power to make laws governing disqualification and it was in the exercise of this power that the 1951 Act was enacted.

“The Constitution has left the field open to Parliament to enact such further law governing disqualifications as it deems fit. Parliament has the power both to determine the grounds for disqualification and the duration of disqualification,” it said.

The Centre said the grounds for disqualification in the articles included holding an office of profit, unsoundness of mind, insolvency and not being a citizen of India.

“It is submitted that these are not permanent disqualifications,” it added.

On the apex court February 10 sought responses of the Centre and the Election Commission on the challenge to the constitutional validity of Sections 8 and 9 of the Representation of People Act.

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