Mahua Moitra

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is conducting searches at several places, including in Kolkata, connected to former TMC leader Mahua Moitra

Justice Prateek Jalan also sought the stand of the expelled Lok Sabha MP on lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai's plea seeking interim relief with respect to the publication of the alleged objectionable content on social and digital media.

The federal probe agency wants to question Moitra and record her statement under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) once she deposes.

This judgement could set the stage for trial proceedings to begin against former TMC MP Mahua Moitra.

Moitra's lawyer alleged that social media attacks persist against her despite filing the lawsuit, emphasizing the need for an urgent interim order, however Delhi HC has refused to grant it.

Shortly after the judgment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to microblogging site X, hailing the historic verdict of the apex court.

Article 105 of the Constitution allows freedom of speech in the Parliament. To uphold the same, MPs must not be prosecuted in a court of law for what they said or how they voted inside the House. The question has been considered by the Supreme Court twice – 25 years apart.

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Moitra had alleged that the information regarding the ED probe against her under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) had reached the media before it could reach her.

The former TMC MP is accused of asking questions in Lok Sabha to target the Adani Group and PM Modi at the behest of businessman Darshan Hiranandani in exchange for gifts

In the affidavit, Moitra’s former partner has stated that Moitra had given Hiranandani access to senior officials and politicians in West Bengal, so they could be of service to him when needed.

Moitra pleaded not to throw her out of the premises for the time being as she is a single woman and is undergoing treatment at a hospital

Justice Subramoniun Prasad, while dealing with the Trinamool Congress leader's challenge to an official intimation asking her to vacate the government bungalow by January 7, noted that the rules permitted the authorities to allow a resident to overstay for up to six months on payment of certain charges in exceptional circumstances.

Moitra will seek the directorate of estates’ permission to continue to stay in the house till the Lok Sabha elections, her lawyer told the court

The court also refused to grant any interim relief to Moitra, though not dismissing her application for the same. The case is now likely to come up for hearing in March 2024.

Dubey had accused Moitra of taking a bribe from Hiranandani Group CEO Darshan Hiranandani to ask questions in Parliament and urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to constitute an inquiry committee to look into the charges against her.

During the course of the hearing, Mahua Moitra's lawyer told the court that she be allowed to retain possession of the accommodation till May 31, 2024.

The case was adjourned after Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who is leading the bench, said he received case files late and could not go through them properly. The court will be closed for winter break from December 16 to January 2

On December 8, the Lok Sabha received a report from the ethics committee that recommended Mahua Moitra, the MP for the Trinamool Congress, be removed in a "cash-for-query" case.

The committee headed by Vinod Kumar Sonkar, at a meeting on November 9, adopted its report recommending Moitra’s expulsion from Lok Sabha over the "cash-for-query" allegation.