Mahua Moitra eviction: Supreme Court issues notice to Lok Sabha Secretary General

The Supreme Court on Wednesday took notice of TMC MP Mahua Moitra’s petition against her expulsion from Lok Sabha for alleged misconduct and sharing of credentials.

Mahua Moitra claimed she has been found guilty of violating a code of ethics that ‘doesn’t exist’.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Lok Sabha secretary general to file a response within two weeks on a plea by Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra against her expulsion from Lok Sabha in a cash-for- query case.

The Supreme Court will hear the case in the week commencing March 11.

The senior TMC leader was expelled from Parliament in December after the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee found her guilty of endangering national security by sharing her parliamentary portal login details with businessman Darshan Hiranandani.

Mahua Moitra had said the ethics panel had no power to deport her. She also said there was no evidence that she accepted cash from the businessman, which was the main allegation leveled by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and her ex-partner Jai Anant Dehadrai.

She also pointed out that she was not allowed to cross-examine Hiranandani and Dehadrai.