Amarinder challenges expulsion in SC

It was a mixed bag for former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh in the Supreme Court on Friday. Though he failed to get any immediate relief on his petition challenging the legality of his expulsion from the Assembly, he was successful in impressing the court about the importance of the question raised by him. “Keeping in view the importance of the question raised by the petitioner, let the matter be placed for hearing before a three-judge Bench,” said Justices S B Sinha and Cyriac Joseph while seeking assistance of the Attorney-General in the matter that would now be heard afresh on October 3 for consideration of the plea to stay the expulsion. It also issued notice to the assembly, through its secretary, and to the Prakash Singh Badal government seeking their response to the petition. Amarinder had moved the Punjab and Haryana HC which had stayed the custodial interrogation in a graft case registered by the Vigilance Bureau following a directive from the assembly after his expulsion. It had also reserved judgment on Singh’s plea for stay on his expulsion but had not stayed the vigilance proceedings.

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