New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday struck down as unconstitutional the law passed by the Uttar Pradesh government to provide for bungalows to six former chief ministers, including the present Union Minister Rajnath Singh.
As a result of this order besides Mr. Rajnath Singh, Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh Yadav, N.D. Tiwari and Kalyan Singh will have to vacate their government bungalows.
A Bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Ms. R. Banumathi quashed the amendment made to the law holding that it transgresses the equality clause under Article 14 of the Constitution.
The Bench allowed a PIL filed by NGO Lok Prahari challenging the law passed by the Uttar Pradesh government to provide for bungalows to former Chief Ministers.
