PTI, NEW DELHI: Former Janata Dal (U) president Sharad Yadav, who has been disqualified as an MP by the Rajya Sabha chairman, cannot draw his salary, allowances or perks entitled to him as a Member of Parliament, the Supreme Court said today.
The top court modified the Delhi High Court order passed last year by which it had allowed Yadav to draw salary, allowances and perks till the pendency of his plea challenging the disqualification as an MP from the Rajya Sabha.
A vacation bench of justices A K Goel and Ashok Bhushan, however, allowed him to retain his official bungalow, as ordered by the high court on December 15 last year.
The apex court’s decision came on a plea by JD (U)’s Rajya Sabha member
Ramchandra Prasad Singh challenging the high court’s interim order.
At the outset, senior advocate S Guru Krishna Kumar, appearing for Yadav, said that he was ready to forgo his salary, allowances and perks but he should be allowed to retain his official residence till the pendency of the petition in the high court.
