Chadha was suspended from the Rajya Sabha on August 11 for “breach of privilege” after complaints from four MPs.
His suspension followed a motion moved by Leader of the House Piyush Goyal who sought action against the AAP leader for including names of some members of the Upper House without their consent in a proposed select committee for the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023.
A Rajya Sabha bulletin stated Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar had received complaints from MPs Sasmit Patra, S Phangnon Konyak, M Thambidurai and Narhari Amin alleging breach of privilege by Chadha “for inter-alia including their names without their consent, in violation of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business, in a motion on August 7”.
Earlier today, Chadha had approached the Delhi High Court challenging a local court’s order that vacated an interim order concerning his stay at the official government bungalow allotted to him.
The Patiala House court had vacated the stay order which granted interim relief to the Rajya Sabha MP that he would not be dispossessed from his current accommodation without due process of law.The matter was mentioned by the counsel before the bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula.The trial Court Judge, Additional District Judge Sudhanshu Kaushik, in an order passed on October 5 stated that on April 14 an interim relief was granted to the plaintiff (Raghav Chadha ) that he would not be dispossessed from the accommodation without due process of law and that it is “certainly an error and needs to be corrected”.
The trial court said that the order of April 18 stands recalled and the interim order vacated.
(With inputs from agencies)