A Delhi court docket on Tuesday granted permission to jailed Aam Aadmi Social gathering’s (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh to take oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha for the second consecutive time period.
Mr. Singh is in jail since October 2023 after his arrest in reference to the now-scrapped Delhi excise coverage.
The order was given by Rouse Avenue court docket particular decide M.Ok. Nagpal whereas listening to an software filed by Mr. Singh in search of permission to take oath both on February 8 and 9.
This court docket had beforehand allowed the jailed MP to go to the Rajya Sabha on February 5 to take oath. He, nonetheless, was not allowed to take oath because it was reportedly not listed within the Home enterprise for the day.
The court docket has additionally given the counsel for the applicant, the freedom to speak to the Jail Superintendent involved by e mail, the date that could be given by the Secretariat of the Rajya Sabha for Mr. Singh’s oath-taking. “….on being so communicated, the Jail Superintendent shall ensure that the applicant is taken to the Rajya Sabha by 10 a.m. on that day and is brought back to the jail safely after administration of oath,” the court docket mentioned.
The court docket additionally allowed his members of the family and advocates to be current alongside him.
Sources within the Rajya Sabha mentioned that it was on August 11, 2023, that the Higher Home handed an order that Mr. Singh will stay suspended until the Privileges Committee submits report and the Home takes a call on that report. A gathering of the committee is but to be scheduled.
In case the suspension is revoked, then the Rajya Sabha Secretariat will subject summons to Mr. Singh to come back and take oath. No summons has been issued to him thus far.
Mr. Singh is the third senior AAP chief who’s in jail for months in reference to the excise coverage case.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had registered an FIR citing irregularities within the framing and implementation of the excise coverage of Delhi in 2022. The probe company has alleged that the excise coverage was modified to increase undue favours to licence holders; licence charge was waived or diminished; and L-1 (wholesaler) licence was prolonged with out the competent authority’s approval.
The ED probe relies on the case registered by the CBI.