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18. Learned Counsel has relied on Judgment in C. Subramaniam Vs. Honourable the Speaker of the Madras Legislative Assembly : (1969) 1 Mad LJ 163 (FB) : AIR 1969 Mad 10 (FB).

19. In N. Ravi and Others Vs. Speaker, Legislative Assembly, Chennai and Others (Coram-5) : (2005) 1 SCC 603 (vide Order dated 08.12.2004). The issue concerning interplay between Article 194 and Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India had been referred to a Larger Bench (This case is still pending).

20. In Kalpana Mehta and Others Vs. Union of India and Others (Coram-5) : (2018) 7 SCC 1, Learned Senior Counsel relied on Para Nos.9, 45, 346, 430 & 449.

21. In Ajit Mohan, Vice-President and Managing Director of Petitioner 2 Facebook India Online Services Private Limited and Others Vs. Legislative Assembly, National Capital Territory of Delhi and Others :

(2022) 3 SCC 529, Learned Senior Counsel has relied on Para Nos.11, 12, 13 to 15, 60, 75, 76, 83, 173, 174 & 175.

22. In Sita Soren Vs. Union of India (Coram-7) : (2024) 5 SCC 629, Learned Senior Counsel has relied on Para Nos.77, 81, 84, 87, 95 & 96.

23. Learned Senior Counsel has taken this Court through various paragraphs of the Judgment in Sita Soren‟s case (referred supra), wherein the Hon‟ble Apex Court has discussed the legal implications of the Judgments of the Hon‟ble Apex Court in Special Reference No.1 of 1964 and the case of Amarinder Singh Vs. Special Committee, Punjab Vidhan Sabha : (2010) 6 SCC 113. The discussion in Raja Ram Pal Vs. Hon‟ble Speaker, Lok Sabha and Others : (2007) 3 SCC 184 on the „Historical Perspectives‟ etc.,. Insofar as the interplay between the fundamental rights of the Citizens and the privileges of the Houses of the Parliament or Legislature, as noted above, the same is pending before a Constitution Bench of the Hon‟ble Apex Court in N. Ravi and Others Vs. Speaker, Legislative Assembly, Chennai and Others (referred supra). He would urge this Court to defer this case till the disposal of N. Ravi‟s Case pending before the Hon‟ble Apex Court.

Learned Advocate General would submit that the present Writ Petitions are premature.

27. Learned Advocate General has placed reliance on C. Subramaniam Vs. Honourable the Speaker of the Madras Legislative Assembly : (1969) 1 Mad LJ 163 (FB) : AIR 1969 Mad 10 (FB).

28. Learned Advocate General, by placing reliance on the above Judgment, would submit that the present Writ Petitions under the circumstances are premature in nature.