RAJESH RANJAN Vs. STATE OF BIHAR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner Rajesh Ranjan is an elected Member of Parliament. He has not taken oath so far and unless he is allowed to take oath, he is likely to lose his membership of Parliament. We, therefore, direct the State of Bihar and other authorities concerned to take the petitioner to Parliament Police station on 23/2/2000 at 10. 00 a. m. Officers taking the petitioner to parliament Police Station shall hand him over to the appropriate staff of the lok Sabha Secretariat so that they may take the petitioner to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha or the designated officer for the purpose of taking oath on that day. The petitioner shall also be permitted to attend the proceedings of parliament on that day. Learned Solicitor General states that after the petitioner is given the oath and after he attends Parliament session on that day, the Secretariat of Parliament will hand him over back to the authorities who shall then take him back to the place of custody.

(2.) We also direct the authorities to permit the petitioner to make recommendations for utilisation of the grant which he may get as an MP after he takes oath.

(3.) If any application for bail is made by the petitioner in future then the said application will have to be decided on its own merits without being influenced by the fact that his earlier special leave petition was dismissed.