New Delhi: Petitions seeking review of two land mark judgements of Supreme Court disqualifying MPs and MLAs on being convicted and debarring arrested persons from contesting polls have been filed in

Seeking to negate the two Supreme Court verdicts on lawmakers, one of which disqualifies MPs and MLAs from the House immediately upon their conviction, government may approach the apex court for a review and also go for a “legislative remedy” by amending the current laws.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down as ultra vires a provision of the Representation of the People Act, which protects a convicted lawmakers against disqualification on the ground o

Bangalore: Thirteen rebel BJP MLAs identified with former party strongman B S Yeddyurappa on Tuesday submitted their resignation letters to Assembly Speaker K G Bopaiah.
The MLAs submitted their lett

The Railways has extended by one year the authority of MLAs to issue eligibility (income) certificate to passengers for availing ‘Izzat’ monthly season tickets at reduced rates.

The facility is meant

If legislators are less informed by the day, there is a reason. Of the 299 legislators of both the Upper and Lower Houses, only three use the library, conveniently located close to the Legislative Ass

The BJP on Tuesday claimed a large number of its members, including MPs and MLAs, were either detained or arrested during its agitation across Uttar Pradesh.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Monday upheld the disqualification of five independent legislators from the assembly last October for rebelling against Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa while the

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Monday upheld the disqualification of five Independent legislators who rebelled against Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and reduced his government to a minority.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court today allowed the applications filed by five independent MLAs, seeking to implead Speaker K G Bopaiah and Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, in the case challenging th