Supreme Court decisions in the above-referred cases is that parliamentary
privilege serves a distinct purpose and is to be exercised to safeguard the
integrity ... justify the near
absolute degree of immunity available.
30. While freedom of speech is certainly the foremost parliamentary
privilege enjoyed by parliamentarians, it is freedom
available to
members to discharge their parliamentary duties. Members of
Parliament do not enjoy any immunity insofar as application of
criminal laws of the land ... from the Lok Sabha Sectt., the matter could concern the
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and the Ministry of Home Affairs.
As such, the appeal together
have democratic right to
adjudicate immunity to violation of law in good faith practiced in all parliamentary
democracies. The relationship between people of India ... right to jury for adjudication of immunity to violation of law in good
faith as practiced in all parliamentary democracies.
1. Please confirm that
hearing notice.
6. The definition of "Parliamentary Privileges" has been given in Chapter 8
of Parliamentary Privileges -Rajya Sabha wherein nature of privileges ... powers, privileges and
immunities of State Legislatures and their members). According to Sir Thomas
Erskine May, "Parliamentary privilege is the sum of the peculiar
Parliament. The
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has been allocated the
subject "Matters connected with powers, privileges and
immunities of Members of Parliament ... from the Lok Sabha Sectt., the matter could
concern the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and the
Ministry of Home Affairs. As such, the appeal together
other parliamentary functionaries, the Secretary-General too has an
important role as an officer of the House and thereby the privileges and
immunities would extend ... parliamentary privilege. In
appeal No.CIC/WB/A/2007/00518 dated 22/3/2007 it was stated:
"As observed by Dicey, Parliamentary Privilege
other parliamentary functionaries, the Secretary-General too has an
important role as an officer of the House and thereby the privileges and
immunities would extend ... parliamentary privilege. In
appeal No.CIC/WB/A/2007/00518 dated 22/3/2007 it was stated:
"As observed by Dicey, Parliamentary Privilege
back as 1898 when the then Government
of the day acquired total immunity for any action of the postal department
resulting in a loss ... fact, through this Section, the then
Government made the postal department totally immune from any accountability to
the people whom it was serving for consideration
fact that while UN Act grants immunity not only to IFC/ADB, its assets, income and other property, and also to its operation and transactions ... entered into International Treaty with ADB and IFC and agreed to confer immunity from all taxation on transactions and operations of ADB/IFC, any attempt
principle was propounded pithily by the Supreme Court in Bengal Immunity
Co. Ltd Vs. State of Bihar AIR 1955 Sc 661 as follows ... concluding that
there was undervaluation, in the acquisition of immovable property. If
Parliamentary intention was to enable such a finding, a provision akin to
Section
