The historic 1996 verdict on the anti-defection law holding that a nominated or elected lawmaker of a political party is bound by its whip even after expulsion, will remain in force as the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to revisit the judgement.
A Bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi disposed of pleas filed by UP politician Amar Singh, Bollywood actor-turned politician Jaya Prada and Pyarimohan Mohapatra who was expelled from BJD. Amar Singh and Jaya Prada, who were members of the Rajya Sabha and the lok Sabha respectively, were expelled by the Samajwadi Party.