New Delhi, Aug 04: Government today told Rajya Sabha that it had no intention of filing any review petition on Supreme Court's judgement holding as violative of Constitution the insertion of a clause pertaining to qualification of a candidate to contest elections. "The judgement of the Supreme Court is final. The judgement pronounced by it is now the law of the land," Law Minister Arun Jaitley said during Question Hour.
Jaitley said the court was of the view that the qualification regarding assets and educational requirement should be scrutinised prior to allowing the candidate to file nomination while the government felt this should be done later.
The court in its judgement on March 13, 2003 held that Section 33B of Representation of People Act 1951 under the Representation of People (Third Amendment) Act, 2002, was violative of Article 19 (1) (A) of the Constitution, Jaitley said.
RJD supremo Laloo Prasad Yadav said government should consider doing away with public interest litigation as such litigations are mainly brought against political leaders. Bureau Report