Petitioner:

Kihoto Hollohon

Respondent:

Zachilhu and ors.

Date of Judgment: 18 February, 1992

Bench:

Sharma, L.M. (J), Venkatachalliah, M.N. (J), Verma, Jagdish Saran (J), Reddy,

K. Jayachandra (J), Agrawal, S.C. (J)

Article 136 in The Constitution Of India 1949

Petition for Special Leave to Appeal

A petition filed under Article 136 of the Constitution from an order of the High Court refusing to grant
certificate under Article 134A of the Constitution or in any other case from any judgment, decree,
determination, sentence or order passed or made by any Court or Tribunal, except relating to armed
forces. It may be either civil or criminal.

136. Special leave to appeal by the Supreme Court

(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Chapter, the Supreme Court may, in its discretion, grant
special leave to appeal from any judgment, decree, determination, sentence or order in any
cause or matter passed or made by any court or tribunal in the territory of India
(2) Nothing in clause ( 1 ) shall apply to any judgment, determination, sentence or order
passed or made by any court or tribunal constituted by or under any law relating to the
Armed Forces

Transferred Case – A case under Article 139A(1) of the Constitution read with Order XL of the Rules,
upon being transferred by the High Court to this Court, shall be registered as a Transferred Case

Article 102 in The Constitution Of India 1949

Disqualification s for membership
(1) A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of either
House of Parliament
(a) if he holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any
State, other than an office declared by Parliament by law not to disqualify its holder;
(b) if he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court;
(c) if he is an undischarged insolvent;
(d) if he is not a citizen of India, or has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a foreign State,
or is under any acknowledgement of allegiance or adherence to a foreign State;
(e) if he is so disqualified by or under any law made by Parliament Explanation For the
purposes of this clause a person shall not be deemed to hold an office of profit under the
Government of India or the Government of any State by reason only that he is a Minister
either for the Union or for such State
(2) A person shall be disqualified for being a member of either House of Parliament if he is
so disqualified under the Tenth Schedule

2. Disqualification on ground of defection.—

(1) Subject to the provisions of 3 [paragraphs 4 and 5], a member of a House belonging to any political
party shall be disqualified for being a member of the House—

(a) if he has voluntarily given up his membership of such political party; or

b) if he votes or abstains from voting in such House contrary to any direction issued by the political party
to which he belongs or by any person or authority authorised by it in this behalf, without obtaining, in
either case, the prior permission of such political party, person or authority and such voting or
abstention has not been condoned by such political party, person or authority within fifteen days from
the date of such voting or abstention.

4. Disqualification on ground of defection not to apply in case of merger.

—(1) A member of a House shall not be disqualified under subparagraph (1) of paragraph 2 where his
original political party merges with another political party and he claims that he and any other members
of his original political party—