Situation should be clarified by necessary amendments in the Constitution
In the latest decision, the Constitution Bench of the supreme court has clearly acknowledged that corruption and bribery by MPs or MLAs weakens the foundation of indian parliamentary democracy. However, this is not such a complicated thing that the supreme court will say, only then the MPs or MLAs will understand this aspect. Bribery cannot be a part of protection under parliamentary privileges. Every mp and mla as well as every citizen of the country needs to understand this. It has become clear from the latest decision that the interpretation of the 1998 order of the five-member Constitution Bench is contrary to Articles 105 and 194.
However, there is another important aspect related to this, which should be guaranteed by the top leadership of the country's two main political parties, bjp and Congress. We all saw that the 1998 decision was overturned by a larger constitution bench. The possibility cannot be ruled out that in the future a bench larger than the seven-member bench may overturn the current decision citing constitutional compulsion. The subject is sensitive, important and related to the sanctity and credibility of indian parliamentary democracy. To prevent this from happening in the future, the articles related to privileges should be amended by making changes in the Constitution. Through amendment, it should be clearly written in the Constitution that criminal acts will not be considered included in the scope of the privilege.