Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 185 · Decided 17 April 1998
P.V. Narasimha Rao ETC. ETC. v. State (CBL/SPE) ETC. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 185 · [1998] 2 S.C.R. 870
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1207/1997
- Decided
- 17 April 1998
- Bench
- S.C. AGRAWAL, G.N. RAY, A.S. ANAND, S.P. BHARUCHA, S. RAJENDRA BABU (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 12; Constitution Article 105(3); Prevention of Corruption Act Section 2(c)
Headnote
Constitution of India, Article I 05 (2)-/mmunity of Member of Parliament jiwn prosecution in respect of vote given in Parliament-Fourteen Member~ C of Parliament (MPs) alleged to have received bribes ji-om other MPs in order to defeat motion of no-confidence against government of the da}~Motion of under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (PCA) ands. 120-B Jndiw1 Penal Code (/PC) launched against both bribe takers and bribe givers-Whether bribe givers and bribe D takers being MPs could claim immunity jiwn prosecution-Held, Per majority, bribe givers do not enjoy immunity under
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