Some notable cases and instances
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| In the year 2006, [[Sonia Gandhi]] resigned her membership of [[Lok Sabha]] for enjoying office of profit while being an MP.<ref>{{cite web | title=BJP forced Sonia Gandhi resignation as MP | date=10 April 2006 | url=https://www.mediamonitors.net/persp...-indian-politics-and-its-likely-consequences/ | access-date=1 February 2017}}</ref> In 2006, Sonia Gandhi's ruling party in Parliament also amended the Parliament (Prevention of disqualification) Act, 1959 with retrospective effect from 4 April 1959 to prevent her{{According to whom|date=October 2021}} punishable under the Representation of the People Act, 1951 and [[Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Parliament (Prevention of disqualification)Amendment Act, 2006 | date=18 August 2006 |url=http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/libweb/actc/yearwise/2006/2006.31.pdf | access-date=1 February 2017}}</ref> | In the year 2006, [[Sonia Gandhi]] resigned her membership of [[Lok Sabha]] for enjoying office of profit while being an MP.<ref>{{cite web | title=BJP forced Sonia Gandhi resignation as MP | date=10 April 2006 | url=https://www.mediamonitors.net/persp...-indian-politics-and-its-likely-consequences/ | access-date=1 February 2017}}</ref> In 2006, Sonia Gandhi's ruling party in Parliament also amended the Parliament (Prevention of disqualification) Act, 1959 with retrospective effect from 4 April 1959 to prevent her{{According to whom|date=October 2021}} punishable under the Representation of the People Act, 1951 and [[Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Parliament (Prevention of disqualification)Amendment Act, 2006 | date=18 August 2006 |url=http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/libweb/actc/yearwise/2006/2006.31.pdf | access-date=1 February 2017}}</ref> |
| ==Some notable cases and instances== | ==Some Notable Cases and Instances== |
| * Former Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] had announced that the government had issued notifications for registration of [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|overseas Indian]] electors under the Representation of People Act, 1950 to enable Indians resident abroad to participate in elections.<ref name="newstrackindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/258318|title=Indian residents abroad can participate in election process: Manmohan Singh|publisher=newstrackindia.com|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> | * Former Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] had announced that the government had issued notifications for registration of [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|overseas Indian]] electors under the Representation of People Act, 1950 to enable Indians resident abroad to participate in elections.<ref name="newstrackindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/258318|title=Indian residents abroad can participate in election process: Manmohan Singh|publisher=newstrackindia.com|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> |
| * Former state cabinet minister, [[Jagir Kaur]], was booked under Section 123 of the act for bribing voters after the police seized 183 cases of liquor from the vehicles.<ref name="dnaindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1637687/report-liquor-lands-ex-punjab-minister-in-trouble|title=Liquor lands ex-Punjab minister in trouble | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=15 January 2012|publisher=dnaindia.com|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> | * Former state cabinet minister, [[Jagir Kaur]], was booked under Section 123 of the act for bribing voters after the police seized 183 cases of liquor from the vehicles.<ref name="dnaindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1637687/report-liquor-lands-ex-punjab-minister-in-trouble|title=Liquor lands ex-Punjab minister in trouble | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=15 January 2012|publisher=dnaindia.com|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> |
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