{"id":54142,"date":"2018-09-26T13:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T07:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=54142"},"modified":"2018-09-26T13:00:16","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T07:30:16","slug":"sc-refuses-to-ban-politicians-facing-criminal-charges-leaves-it-to-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-to-ban-politicians-facing-criminal-charges-leaves-it-to-parliament","title":{"rendered":"SC refuses to ban politicians facing criminal charges, leaves it to Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"54143\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-to-ban-politicians-facing-criminal-charges-leaves-it-to-parliament\/56c04f1a21a8c3ba43913f70d65ce48b\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/56c04f1a21a8c3ba43913f70d65ce48b.jpg?fit=500%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"56c04f1a21a8c3ba43913f70d65ce48b\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/56c04f1a21a8c3ba43913f70d65ce48b.jpg?fit=500%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/56c04f1a21a8c3ba43913f70d65ce48b.jpg?resize=500%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/56c04f1a21a8c3ba43913f70d65ce48b.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/56c04f1a21a8c3ba43913f70d65ce48b.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/56c04f1a21a8c3ba43913f70d65ce48b.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NEW DELHI:\u00a0In a crucial judgement the Supreme Court\u00a0left the matter of disqualification of politicians\u00a0carrying criminal charges against them and said it was not within its powers to disqualify politicians facing criminal cases from contesting elections\u00a0\u00a0and left it to Parliament to frame an appropriate law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court also directed the Parliament to make a\u00a0law to ensure that candidates with criminal records don\u2019t enter public life and take part in lawmaking.\u00a0A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said malignancy of criminalisation of politics was &#8220;not incurable&#8221;, but the issue was required to be dealt with soon before it becomes &#8220;fatal&#8221; to the democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Referring to the report of the NN Vohra Committee, set up to study the problem of criminalisation of politics,SC asks legislature to consider framing law to ensure decriminalisation of politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra\u00a0said \u201cin a multi-party democracy, where members are elected on party lines and are subject to party discipline, we recommend to the Parliament to bring out a strong law. 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