{"id":4222,"date":"2023-10-20T08:18:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T08:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=4222"},"modified":"2023-10-20T08:18:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T08:18:57","slug":"sc-dismisses-pil-challenging-restoration-of-rahul-ls-membership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/sc-dismisses-pil-challenging-restoration-of-rahul-ls-membership\/","title":{"rendered":"SC dismisses PIL challenging restoration of Rahul LS membership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: <span id=\"output-sentence-box~0\" class=\"output-sentence\"><span class=\"css-x5hiaf\"><span id=\"output-sentence~0\"><span data-testid=\"output-sentence-0\"><span id=\"output-phrase~0~0\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">On\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~1\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">Friday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~2\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/sc-refuses-to-give-marriage-equality-right-to-lgbtqia-community\/\"><span class=\"css-0\">Supreme\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">Court\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~3\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">denied\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~4\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">a\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">Public\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">Interest\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">Litigation\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">(PIL)\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~5\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">that\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~6\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">contested\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~7\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">Congressleader <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/in-many-ways-rahuls-ladakh-yatra-is-continuation-of-bharat-jodo-yatra-congress\/\"><span id=\"output-phrase~0~8\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">Rahul\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">Gandhi&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a><span id=\"output-phrase~0~9\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">reinstatement\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~10\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~11\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/rajnath-on-china-standoff-ready-to-discuss-issue-with-full-courage\/\"><span class=\"css-0\">Lok\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">Sabha\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~12\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~13\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">assessed\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~14\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">petitioner\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~15\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">a\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">fee\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~16\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~17\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Rs\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">1\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~18\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">100,000.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-sentence-box~1\" class=\"output-sentence\"><span class=\"css-x5hiaf\"><span id=\"output-sentence~1\"><span data-testid=\"output-sentence-1\"><span id=\"output-phrase~1~0\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">A\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">court\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~1\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">led\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">by\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~2\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~3\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">BR\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~4\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">Gavai\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~5\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">declared\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~6\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">that\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~7\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">petition\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~8\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">constituted\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~9\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">an\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">abuse\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~10\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~11\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">legal\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">system\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~12\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">because\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~13\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">petitioner&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">fundamental\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">rights\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~14\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">had\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">not\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">been\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~15\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">infringed.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-sentence-box~2\" class=\"output-sentence\"><span class=\"css-x5hiaf\"><span id=\"output-sentence~2\"><span data-testid=\"output-sentence-2\"><span id=\"output-phrase~2~0\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Ashok\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~1\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Pandey,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~2\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">an\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">advocate,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~3\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">filed\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~4\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">a\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">suit\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~5\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">with\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~6\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">top\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~7\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">court\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~8\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">contesting\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~9\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">Gandhi&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~10\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">reinstatement\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~11\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">as\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~12\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">a\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">member.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"output-sentence-box~0\" class=\"output-sentence\"><span class=\"css-x5hiaf\"><span id=\"output-sentence~0\"><span data-testid=\"output-sentence-0\"><span id=\"output-phrase~0~0\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">Gandhi&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~1\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">membership\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~2\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">was\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">reinstated\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~3\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">by\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~4\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">Lok\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">Sabha\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~5\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">Secretariat\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~6\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">following\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~7\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">Supreme\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">Court&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~8\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">August\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">4\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~9\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">stay\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~10\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~11\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">his\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">conviction\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~12\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">connection\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~13\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">with\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~14\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">a\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">comment\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~15\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">he\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">made\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~16\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">regarding\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~17\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">surname\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~18\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">&#8220;Modi.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-sentence-box~1\" class=\"output-sentence\"><span class=\"css-x5hiaf\"><span id=\"output-sentence~1\"><span data-testid=\"output-sentence-1\"><span id=\"output-phrase~1~0\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">The\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">Congress\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~1\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">leader\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~2\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">was\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~3\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">re-instated\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~4\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">as\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~5\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Wayanad\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~6\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">MP\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~7\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">after\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~8\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">being\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">disqualified\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~9\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">from\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~10\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">lower\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~11\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">house\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~12\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~13\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">March\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">2023.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-sentence-box~2\" class=\"output-sentence\"><span class=\"css-x5hiaf\"><span id=\"output-sentence~2\"><span data-testid=\"output-sentence-2\"><span id=\"output-phrase~2~0\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">Gandhi&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~1\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">remark\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~2\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">during\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~3\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">an\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~4\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">April\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">13,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~5\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">2019,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~6\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">election\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~7\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">rally\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~8\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~9\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Kolar,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~10\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Karnataka,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~11\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">&#8220;How\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~12\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">come\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~13\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">all\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~14\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">thieves\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~15\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">have\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~16\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">Modi\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~17\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">as\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~18\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">common\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~19\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">surname?&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~20\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">prompted\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~21\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">BJP\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~22\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">leader\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~23\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Purnesh\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~24\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Modi\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~25\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">bring\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~26\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">a\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">criminal\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~27\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">defamation\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~28\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">complaint\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~29\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">against\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~30\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Gandhi\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~31\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~32\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">2019.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4223\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4223\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4223\" src=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-20-at-1.44.52-PM-300x165.png\" alt=\"SC dismisses PIL challenging restoration of Rahul LS membership\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SC dismisses PIL challenging restoration of Rahul LS membership<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: On\u00a0Friday,\u00a0the\u00a0Supreme\u00a0Court\u00a0denied\u00a0a\u00a0Public\u00a0Interest\u00a0Litigation\u00a0(PIL)\u00a0that\u00a0contested\u00a0Congressleader 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