Mizoram MLA to challenge Supreme Court order on ADC-Assembly dual membership
Mizoram MLA Rasik Mohan Chakma plans to file a review petition against a Supreme Court order that mandates a ban on dual membership for members of Autonomous District Councils and the State Assembly. The MLA argues that the court's decision was based on factually incorrect information regarding the current rules of the Lai Autonomous District Council.
Why it matters
The case highlights ongoing legal and administrative tensions regarding the governance structure and political representation within India's tribal autonomous councils.
A Mizoram MLA has announced that he will file a review petition against a Supreme Court order directing two tribal councils in the State to restore the prohibition on dual membership.
Rasik Mohan Chakma, who represents the Mizo National Front in the 40-member Assembly, is an elected member of the Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC).
Rustom Chakma, a social worker based in southern Mizoram’s Lawngtlai, had approached the Supreme Court after the Gauhati High Court dismissed his petition seeking a bar on dual membership in the Autonomous District Council (ADC) and the Assembly. The High Court held that Articles 101 and 190 of the Constitution of India do not bar a member of an ADC from becoming an MLA.
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