Mahua Moitra's plea seeking stay on eviction order dismissed by Delhi high court
22-Jan-2024The Delhi high court on Thursday dismissed Trinamool leader Mahua Moitra’s plea seeking a stay on the order directing her to vacate the government accommodation immediately.
The Delhi high court on Thursday dismissed Trinamool leader Mahua Moitra’s plea seeking a stay on the order directing her to vacate the government accommodation immediately.
The court was of the view that Mahua Moitra did not have the right to continue in the government accommodation since she was allotted the accommodation as a Lok Sabha MP, a post that she no longer holds following her expulsion.
“The allotment of government accommodation to the petitioner was co-terminus with her status, which has come to an end upon her expulsion. No specific Rule has been brought before this court which would deal with the eviction of Members of Parliament from the government accommodation after they cease to be the members,” the court said in the order.
Mahua Moitra's counsel Brij Gupta told the court that she would need at least four months to vacate the property but even two and 2.5 months would be fine.
“You say you are ill and you need some time, on these grounds... Why four months? Why not three days to vacate? My thought is if you would have said three days, four days or a week, they would have looked into it,” the judge said.
Moitra’s counsel said courts have considered humanitarian aspects in matters like these and allowed people to stay on in government accommodations.
