A case has been submitted to the High Court appealing for revocation of a number of articles in the Anti Defection Act.
A case has been submitted to the High Court appealing for revocation of a number of articles in the Anti Defection Act.
High Court said that the case was submitted by a private individual. Details of the articles sought for revocation have not been revealed yet.
The Anti Defection Act states that if a Member of Parliament who got elected through a party leaves that party, or crosses the floor to another party, or an independent MP joins any political party, then they must resign from their parliamentary seat within a period of seven days.
While resignation within this timeframe in these instances is left to the discretion of the MP, the Act fails to define what action, if any, is to be taken in the case of an MP refusing to resign as per these instruction.
Besides MPs, the Act defines instances where resignations must be handed in by members of island councils, city councils and atoll councils.
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