The expelled member of the Lok Sabha said that she was found guilty of violating a "nonexistent" code of ethics.
Digital Desk: Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra's plea mentioned before the Supreme Court on Wednesday against her expulsion from the Lok Sabha in a cash-for-query case.
In his capacity as Moitra's representative, senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi brought up the matter in front of a bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, who urged him to bring it up to the Chief Justice of India.
Judge Kaul stated, "Leave it to the CJI to decide. At this point, I am unable to make a decision." On December 25th, Justice Kaul will retire. Moitra challenged her removal from the Lok Sabha in an appeal to the highest court.
Speaking outside the House during the debate, Moitra said the Ethics Committee had broken every regulation.
The expelled member of the Lok Sabha said that she was found guilty of violating a "nonexistent" code of ethics.
Moitra also claimed that her privilege to cross-examine the two private persons whose written testimony materially contradict each other was stolen and that the results are only based on their testimonies.
"I was not permitted to cross-examine any of them. My estranged partner is one of the two private persons who pretended to be a regular citizen in front of the committee with malicious intent. I've been hanged there by the two testimonies, which are diametrically opposed to one another," she said.
The Ethics Committee's investigation into the TMC MP's "unethical conduct" had suggested that Moitra "may be expelled" from the Lok Sabha and demanded that the federal government conduct a "time-bound, intense, legal, and institutional inquiry."
Last month, the panel endorsed the report with a 6:4 majority. According to the cash-for-query case report, Moitra travelled to the United Arab Emirates four times between 2019 and 2023, during which time her login was accessed many times.
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