Keeping Pace with Legal Change
In a recent judgement of the High Court of Uttarakhand, a case was under consideration wherein the defendant took contravention…
The article provides an analysis of the legality of the membership of the Indian MPs in TV shows in terms of office of profit and conflict of interest as covered by the Constitution and other supporting Acts. Its findings are that in most cases, work by a professional person in his own behalf is not obliged and only in case of office of profit or in such cases where there arise direct conflict of duties on public service, the work by a professional person in personal behalf is prohibited.
The actions taken by the Assembly Speaker and other authorities, as well as the actions that they do not take, will be closely followed as the time for Meena’s surrender gets closer. All of these actions will be thoroughly monitored. The democratic institutions of India will be evaluated based on the results of these elections when they are held. This evaluation will take into account the strength of these institutions as well as their capacity to act independently of partisan interests.
