Impeachment of a MP/MLA

Guest (Querist) 15 October 2009 This query is : Resolved
Under what Act and which way a Member of Parliament / a Member of Legislative Assembly can impeach by the Voters of respective constituency?

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H. S. Thukral (Expert) 16 October 2009
Voters of a contituency have no power either to impeach their elected representative or call him back as thier MLA/MP

Guest (Querist) 16 October 2009
Thukral ji,

Are they exemption from impeachment?

Adinath@Avinash Patil (Expert) 17 October 2009
NO THEY ARE EXEMPTED FROM IMPEACHMENT.

H. S. Thukral (Expert) 17 October 2009
The query is regarding impeachment of elected representative by the voters of his contituency and the reply is in negative. The privileges of legislatures, elected by the people of India, over-ride the fundamental rights of their masters, the people who elect them.
However there is provisions for expulsion of an MLA /MP by the Parliament or Legislative Assembly. This happened in cash for query scam when Paliamnet expelled 11 MPs and SC upheld the decision. Punjab Assembly also expelled former Chief Minister.

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