Speaker or Lokpal to allow MPs’ prosecution? LS seeks legal view

Lok Sabha has sought legal opinion on who - the Speaker or Lokpal - should be the competent authority for green-signalling chargesheeting of MPs in a corruption case. Former Lok Sabha secretary general PDT Achary said the issue was settled by SC that the Speaker would be the appointing authority for Lok Sabha MPs and such sanction was only necessary in corruption cases. He added that the Lokpal Act did not change the situation.

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