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Speaker & courts

This is with reference to the article "Expulsion of MPs: the Speaker and the courts" (Feb.7). Courts the world over have held that when legal provisions are clear and unambiguous, the judiciary is bound to interpret the law according to the plain meaning of the legal provisions and that it should not attempt to change the law. Article 122 (2) of the Constitution is very clear and unambiguous on the separation of powers, and the Speaker's action is not open to challenge.

C.P. Chandra Das,
Coimbatore

The privileges of Parliament have not been codified. In the expulsion case, it was the expelled members who approached court. The apex court did the right thing by issuing notice.

M.K.D. Prasada Rao,
Ghaziabad, U.P.

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