Curated By: Sanstuti Nath
Last Updated: November 03, 2023, 13:54 IST
AAP MP Raghav Chadha is under suspension since August 11(Image: PTI/File)
The CJI said the lawmaker will have to meet the Rajya Sabha chairperson to tender an unconditional apology on the issue
The Supreme Court on Friday suggested that suspended Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha should tender an ‘unconditional apology’ to Rajya Sabha chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar over his suspension from the house. A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud also urged the Rajya Sabha chairman to take a “sympathetic” view of the matter.
The bench also comprising justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra asked Attorney General R Venkataramani to apprise it of the developments in the matter after the Diwali vacation.
The CJI said the lawmaker will have to meet the Rajya Sabha chairperson to tender an unconditional apology on the issue.
The vice president, in turn, may take a sympathetic view of the entire matter and take further steps in this regard, he added.
Chadha has been under suspension since August 11 after some MPs, a majority from the ruling BJP, accused him of adding their names to a motion without their consent.
The motion sought constitution of a select committee to examine the contentious Delhi Services Bill.
It was alleged that the Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab had moved a motion to refer the Delhi Services Bill to the select committee. He had allegedly named some lawmakers as members of the proposed committee and it was claimed that some of the MPs had not given their consent for it.
Taking note of the complaint, the chairman suspended Chadha, pending an inquiry by the Committee of Privileges.
(With PTI Inputs)