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The Representation of the People Act, 1951 is an act of Parliament of India to provide for the conduct of election of the Houses of Parliament and to the House or Houses of the Legislature of each State, the qualifications and disqualifications for membership of those Houses, what constitute corrupt practices and other offences at or in connection with such elections and the determination of ...
Supreme Court of India, in its judgement dated 10 July 2013 while disposing the Lily Thomas v. Union of India case (along with Lok Prahari v. Union of India), [1] ruled that any Member of Parliament (MP), Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) or Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) who is convicted of a crime and given a minimum of two years' imprisonment, loses membership of the House ...
The Indian National Congress observed the day of disqualification as a "black day for Indian democracy" [28] which was re-iterated by other opposition parties. [29] [30]The conviction and disqualification prompted opposition leaders to take a unified stand; 14 major opposition parties jointly moved to the Supreme Court of India and filed a petition seeking judicial intervention against the ...
Lily Thomas, along with Adv. Satya Narain Shukla had filed a Writ petition in the apex court in 2005, challenging a provision of the Representation of the People Act which protects convicted lawmakers against disqualification on the grounds of pendency of appeal against their conviction in the higher courts. On 10 July 2013, a bench of justices ...
Relevant provisions under the Income Tax Act, 1961 were amended in this regard. [ 21 ] The Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) was amended by the government, with the support of the opposition, to broaden the definition of a "foreign" entity, with the explicit aim of expanding the scope of firms that could lawfully make political ...
Title Director Cast Notes 1950: Bhaiya Ji: Om Prakash: Om Prakash, Suresh, shyama: Posti: K.D. Mehra: Shyama, Manorama, Amarnath, Randhir, Majnu, Ramesh Thakur, Bhag ...
March 15, 1951: The Redhead and the Cowboy: March 15, 1951: Quebec: April 2, 1951: The Lemon Drop Kid: distribution only; produced by Hope Enterprises [N 2] April 4, 1951: The Last Outpost: produced by Pine-Thomas Productions: April 7, 1951: The Great Missouri Raid: May 9, 1951: Appointment with Danger: May 30, 1951: Dear Brat: May 31, 1951 ...
Among positive reviews, Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote, "It's a sometimes self-indulgent, confused, ambitious movie that is often very funny and always fascinating." [11] Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film a full four out of four stars, writing that while the film's ideas weren't anything special, "Altman's movies are ...