SC to Hear Disqualified Lakshadweep MP’s Plea for Reinstatement on Tuesday

New Delhi: On Tuesday the Supreme Court will take up the petition filed by disqualified Lakshadweep MP Md Faizal seeking reinstatement of his Lok Sabha membership. The disqualified MP has applied for it on the grounds that his conviction and 10-year sentence in an attempt-to-murder case has been stayed by the Kerala High Court.

Faizal’s case would work as a precedent for Rahul Gandhi who was disqualified as an MP of the Lok Sabha last week.

A Supreme Court Bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud on Monday agreed to hear Faisal’s petition on March 28. Senior advocate AM Singhvi told the bench, “Even though the Supreme Court refuses to stay the High Court order which set aside the conviction, he has still not been reinstated in the house.”

The Bench ordered Faizal’s plea for reinstatement to be tagged with a petition filed by the Union Territory of Lakshadweep challenging the order of the Kerala High Court suspending the conviction and sentence of Faizal which was already listed for hearing on Tuesday.

Faizal has approached the Supreme Court against the Lok Sabha Secretariat for not withdrawing its notification disqualifying him as an MP following his conviction and 10-year sentence in an attempt to murder case, which was later stayed by the Kerala High Court.

Fe was disqualified by the Lok Sabha Secretariat from the membership of Lok Sabha from January 11, the date on which he was convicted by a sessions court in Kavaratti and sentenced to 10-year imprisonment.