New Delhi: A union minister does not enjoy the immunity of the arrest in matters of criminals, according to the former Secretary General of Lok Sabha Pdt Achary.
He said that while the States of the United States and MP members enjoyed the immunity of the arrest in the case of civilian problems and could not be arrested 40 days before, for or 40 days after the parliamentary session, but did not exist in the regulatory book “which prevented the arrest of a minister in criminal matters.” The rule is that the main house officer, where the person captured is a member, must be informed of his arrest.
This information is then notified in the parliamentary bulletin if the house is not in the session, or informed to the house, if it is in a session, “said Achary.
The only exception to the rules is when a member or Minister must be arrested from the parliamentary premise, in this case, The permission of the chair must be sought, he said.
Under the constitution, the immunity of the arrest in civil and criminal matters only extends to the president and governor, which cannot be arrested even in criminal matters when they are in position.
Whatever action, even in terms of -Hal criminals, only can be initiated after they demit office.
Narayan Rane was the first Minister of Union arrested in almost 20 years and the third was arrested by the state police.
In June 2001, Murasoli Maran and TR Balu, the two union ministers at the time, Arrested by the Tamil Nadu police after the arrest of the minister of chairman of the Mr.
Kotarusidhi with respect to RS 12 Crore ‘Flyover Scam’.
Maran and Balu was released with a guarantee the following day after later Defense Minister George Fernandes had visited Chennai.
Rane was arrested by police in Mumbai in connection with the exact comments he had made against Maharashtra Minister Uddhav Thackeray.