{"id":5055,"date":"2010-04-26T13:48:22","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T08:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=5055"},"modified":"2010-04-26T13:48:22","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T08:18:22","slug":"amarinder-singh-ouster-unconstitutional-says-apex-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/amarinder-singh-ouster-unconstitutional-says-apex-court","title":{"rendered":"Amarinder Singh ouster unconstitutional, says apex court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Supreme Court<\/strong> Monday said former Punjab chief minister <strong>Captain Amarinder Singh<\/strong>\u2019s ouster from the state assembly on charges of corruption was unconstitutional.\u00a0A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice <strong>K.G. Balakrishnan<\/strong> ordered the restoration of Amarinder Singh\u2019s membership to the present assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The senior Congress leader was expelled from the Punjab state assembly Sep 10, 2008 for allegedly favouring a private party in granting a plot of prime land in Amritsar during his days in power (2002-07).<\/p>\n<p>The expulsion came after an assembly committee, dominated by the ruling Akali Dal-<strong>Bharatiya Janata Party<\/strong> (BJP), recommended action against Amarinder Singh after holding him guilty of involvement in the land scam.<\/p>\n<p>The former chief minister was indicted for violating \u2018norms in patronising and abetting the dilution of terms for favouring a particular party in executing a city centre project\u2019 on 32 acres of prime land in Amritsar. This had allegedly caused huge losses to the state exchequer.<\/p>\n<p>Three Congress legislators on the committee had dissented on the recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>Amarinder Singh\u2019s Patiala assembly seat was declared vacant and the Election Commission was to be approached for holding a by-election there. The election was stayed by the court.<\/p>\n<p>Amarinder Singh is also facing a vigilance probe in other corruption-related cases like the multi-billion rupee Ludhiana city centre scam. The cases were registered during the tenure of the present Akali Dal government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court Monday said former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh\u2019s ouster from the state assembly on charges of corruption was unconstitutional.\u00a0A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan ordered the restoration of Amarinder Singh\u2019s membership to the present assembly. 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