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The court ruled that an act of defamation on the floor of the House is not a crime. The proposition was put forward to defend JMM MLA Sita Soren against bribery allegations. The court emphasized the immunity granted to lawmakers for anything said or vote cast in the House. The verdict reserved by the bench aims to review the 25-year-old ruling that provided immunity to MPs and MLAs who accepted bribes for their votes in Parliament.
A constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on whether members of parliament and legislative assemblies could claim immunity under Articles 105(2) and 194(2) of the.
Bribery can never be a subject matter of immunity and parliamentary privilege is not meant to place a lawmaker above the law, the Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court which reserved its verdict on reconsideration of its judgment of 1998 when it held that MPs and MLAs enjoy immunity from prosecution for taking bribe to make a speech or cast a vote in legislature.