PIL filed in SC to quash food bill ordinance
A PIL was filed in the Supreme Court on Saturday seeking quashing of the controversial food security ordinance on the ground that the constitutional provision has been misused for pre-election propaganda and political gains.
President Pranab Mukherjee had on Friday signed the ordinance on food security ordinance to give the nation’s two-third population the right to get 5 kgs of food grains every month at highly subsidised rates of `1-3 per kg.
The petition, filed by advocate M.L. Sharma, said the Article 123 of the Constitution that deals with the power of the President to promulgate ordinances during the recess of Parliament has been misused as there was no “emergency” situation.
Seeking quashing of the ordinance, it said, “there was no emergency circumstances exist to issue impugn ordinance hence it does not comply with the terms of Art. 123. Therefore, the impugned notification is unconstitutional and is liable to be declared unconstitutional and void.” The plea also raised several questions including as to whether the government can invoke Article 123 without any emergency situation.
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