Disqualify only if crime is heinous, says PIL in Supreme Court

Even before Rahul Gandhi could challenge his conviction and two-year sentence in a criminal defamation case as well as the resultant disqualification as member of Parliament, a social activist from Kerala moved Supreme Court, seeking to restrict disqualification of MPs and MLAs to conviction in serious and heinous offences.

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