"Great Judgment": PM's Post On No Immunity To MPs, MLAs In Bribery Cases | Read
Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the Supreme Court's verdict that said MPs and MLAs do not enjoy immunity from prosecution for taking bribe to make a speech or cast a vote in the legislature. A seven-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud unanimously overruled the 1998 verdict delivered by a five-judge bench in the JMM bribery case, by which MPs and MLAs were granted immunity from prosecution for taking bribe to make a speech or vote in the legislature.
