LOK PRAHRI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This writ petition which has been instituted by Lok Prahri, a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, seeks to challenge the constitutional validity of the amendments made by Parliament to the Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 (Act). The petitioner has challenged the validity of the provisions by which Parliament has legislated to provide for pension and for the grant of facilities to former members of Parliament.

(2.) Article 106 of the Constitution provides as follows:

(3.) The constitutional challenge has been advanced during the course of the hearing of the proceedings to the following provisions: