The Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain a fresh plea seeking imposition of lifetime ban on lawmakers following their conviction in criminal cases.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi dismissed the petition filed by NGO 'Lok Prahari' through its General Secretary S N Shukla, saying that it was already seized of a similar petition on the same issue.
"We are already examining the same thing in a petition filed by Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay," said the bench, also comprising Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph. The SC dismissed the petition as it was already scheduled to hear a similar PIL filed by lawyer.