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CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 tuesday | 5 march 2024 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com No immunity for MPs from prosecution: SC Says graft by members erodes probity in public life Satya Prakash OVERRULES 1998 VERDICT IN JMM CASE Tribune News Service New Delhi, March 4 Twenty-six years after a fivejudge Constitution Bench ruled that lawmakers were immune to prosecution for taking bribes to vote or to make speeches in the House, a seven-judge Constitution Bench on Monday overruled the controversial verdict, saying “corruption and bribery by members of the legislatures erode probity in public life.” After analysing the majority and minority decision of the 1998 PV Narasimha Rao judgment, a seven-judge Constitution Bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud unanimously overruled the majority verdict in the case that emanated from the JMM MPs’ bribery case. Ironically, the 1998 verdict in the Narasimha Rao case that protected former Jharkhand CM Shibu Soren from India to grow at 6.8%: Moody’s NEW DELHI: Global rating agency Moody’s has raised India’s growth forecast for 2024 to 6.8% on “strongerthan-expected” economic data, saying that the country will remain the fastest growing among G20 countries. INSIDE Vacate office by June 15, AAP told The SC on Monday directed AAP to vacate its offices at Rouse Avenue in the Capital by June 15, after noting that the plot was allotted to the Delhi HC for expanding judicial infrastructure. INSIDE NEW DELHI: After analysing the majority and minority decision of the 1998 PV Narasimha Rao judgment, sevenjudge Constitution Bench unanimously overrules the majority verdict in the case that emanated from the JMM MPs’ bribery case WILL ENSURE CLEAN POLITICS: PM MODI Swagatam! A great judgment by the Supreme Court which will ensure clean politics and deepen people’s faith in the system. Narendra Modi, PM SALUTARY JUDGMENT, SAYS CONGRESS It is a salutary, desirable, welcome verdict. It is something which sets right the law and it should have been done earlier. ❝ prosecution in the JMM MPs ’ bribery case, couldn’t come to the rescue of his MLA daughter-in-law Sita Soren as a seven-judge Constitution My nation, my family: PM slams Oppn’s ‘kinless’ jibe Aditi Tandon BID TO COUNTER NEPOTISM ATTACK INDI leadersaresteeped neck deep in corruption, nepotism…. Because I question their nepotism, they have started saying Modi has no family. PM Modi in Telangana Tribune News Service ❝ PTI New Delhi, March 4 A day after senior INDIA bloc leader Lalu Prasad’s “PM has no family” jibe, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday wove a whole new election slogan, “Mera bharat, mera parivar”, hitting back at a “rattled opposition” on the eve of Lok Sabha poll. Soon after the PM declared from a public rally in Telangana’s Adilabad that the entire country was united in the call, “I am Modi’s family”, top BJP leaders and Union ministers tweaked their social media profiles to suffix “Modi ka parivar” phrase to their names. Ahead of the 2019 LS polls too, the PM and the BJP had spun the “main hoon chowkidar” campaign to counter then Congress chief Rahul WHAT LALU SAID AT PATNA RALLY What can we do if Narendra Modi does not have a family of his own? In Hindu tradition, a son must shave his head upon the demise of his parents. Modi did not do so when his mother died. Lalu Yadav on Sunday ❝ Gandhi’s “chowkidar chor hai” jibe at the PM. Congress veterans had later admitted that the anti-Modi remarks cost them at the hustings. On Monday, BJP leaders JP Nadda, Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Nitin Gadkari and a host of party functionaries and sym- pathisers called themselves “Modi ka parivar”, replicating the 2019 “main hoon chowkidar” instance. Modi for his part attacked Lalu Prasad without naming him today. “INDI Alliance leaders, steeped neck deep in corruption, nepotism and appeasement, continued on page 10 ❝ Abhishek Manu Singhvi, CONGRESS Bench overturned it. “We disagree with and overrule the judgment of the majority on continued on page 10 edit: stripped of immunity IN BRIEF BJP wins 2 UT mayoral posts, defeats Cong-AAP CHANDIGARH: The BJP on Monday won the re-election for the posts of senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor of the Chandigarh MC, defeating the Congress candidates who were backed by AAP as part of Opposition’s INDIA bloc. TNS Vohra: Punjab’s decline continues since 1995 NEW DELHI: Drawing on decades of his experience in government, former Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra, speaking at a seminar, said Punjab's decline started after 1995 and continues till today. INSIDE/BACK PAGE Diagnosed with cancer, cured now: ISRO chief NEW DELHI: ISRO chief S Somanath revealed he was diagnosed with cancer on the day of Aditya L1 mission launch. He said he underwent an operation, followed by chemotherapy and was now completely cured and had resumed duties. TNS Over 5 lakh women in Rathi murder case: Two HP to get ~1.5K/month suspects arrested in Goa Pratibha Chauhan Ravinder Saini Sukhu extends benefit beyond Lahaul-Spiti Tribune News Service Shimla, March 4 Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu today announced the grant of Rs 1,500 monthly financial assistance, one of the 10 Congress guarantees, to over five lakh women between 18 and 60 years from April 2024. Addressing a press conference here today, Sukhu said the scheme had been named Indira Gandhi Pyari Behna Sukh Samman Nidhi Yojna. continued on page 10 DELHI WOMEN TO GET ~1K MONTHLY AID Delhi Finance Minister Atishi on Monday announced the Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana, under which ~1,000/month will be given to women aged above 18 from the fiscal year 2024-25. CM Arvind Kejriwal called it the “world’s biggest programme” for women empowerment. Tribune News Service Jhajjar, March 4 In a major breakthrough, the district police, in a joint operation with the Special Cell of Delhi Police and Special Task Force (STF), Haryana, today managed to arrest two suspects in the killings of INLD state chief Nafe Singh Rathi and his close aide Jai Kishan, at Barahi level crossing in Bahadurgarh town, on February 25. The accused, identified as Ashish and Sachin, alias Suspects Sachin and Ashish. ANI Sourav of Nangloi (Delhi), were nabbed in Goa and believed to be associated with the notorious Kapil Sangwan, alias Nandu gang. They reached Goa via Gujarat and Maharashtra after parking their continued on page 10 Uproar as Mann uses padlock to keep Oppn in House Sanjeev Singh Bariana & Rajmeet Singh WILL ENSURE THEY DON’T WALK OUT I will speak the truth, which they (Oppn) won’t tolerate. Use this padlock so that they don’t run out of House during discussion. Tribune News Service ❝ TRIBUNE PHOTO Chandigarh, March 4 Pandemonium was witnessed on the second day of the Budget session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha today with treasury and Opposition members engaging in sharp exchanges amidst allegations and counter-allegations of lowering the standards of expected discussions in the House. Unruly scenes were wit- CM Bhagwant Mann to Speaker nessed right at the outset when Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann presented a pad- lock to Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan “as a symbol for his desire to keep the Opposi- PRACHANDA FORGES PACT WITH OLI’S PARTY BACK PAGE tion inside the House during the proceedings”. CLP Leader Partap Singh Bajwa reacted sharply to the “provocation” and both leaders traded personal remarks. Legislators from the treasury benches came close to getting physical with Bajwa, but members from both sides intervened to avoid an unpleasant situation. At this, the Speaker adjourned the House for 15 minutes. continued on page 10 Today’s issue is of 18 pages, including four-page Jalandhar Tribune. c m y b