Writ challenging the validity of Article 70 of the Constitution

A writ has been filed in the High Court challenging the validity of Article 70 of the Constitution. In the writ, the law secretary, the secretary of the parliament secretariat and the related parties have been made defendants in the writ.

Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Yunus Ali Akand filed the writ today on Wednesday.

Lawyer Yunus Ali said, “I have filed a writ today challenging the validity of Article 70 of the Constitution. The matter may be heard in any bench of the High Court next week.’

He also said, “Due to Article 70 of the Constitution, MPs cannot vote independently on any issue. You can’t give an opinion on any important public issue outside of the party decision. But there is no such custom in the developed countries of the world. It is hindering the development of democracy.

Article 70 of the Constitution states, ‘If a person nominated as a candidate of a political party and elected as a Member of Parliament, (a) resigns from that party, or (b) votes against that party in Parliament, his seat in Parliament shall be forfeited. shall be void, but he shall not be ineligible to be a Member of Parliament in any subsequent election for that reason.’

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