Money laundering case: PIL to sack Satyendar Jain, Nawab Malik

New Delhi:  A PIL has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking directions to ‘sack’ Delhi Cabinet Minister Satyendra Jain and Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik over the alleged money laundering cases being probed against them.
In the plea, BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, sought directions to ensure that the Minister, who is not only a public servant but also a Lawmaker and takes a constitutional oath, shall be temporarily debarred from holding the office, after 2 days in judicial custody (like IAS, IPS, judges and other public servants are suspended from their services).
The petitioner has sought direction from the Maharashtra government to sack its Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik who was arrested on February 23 and continues in judicial custody in connection with cases of black money, Benami properties, money laundering, and disproportionate assets, linked with mafia don Dawood Ibrahim, said the plea.
Also Read Satyendar Jain complains of uneasiness, taken to hospital It also sought the Delhi Government to sack Cabinet Minister Satyendra Jain, who was arrested on May 31 and continues in judicial custody in connection with cases of black money, Benami properties, ghost companies, money laundering, and disproportionate assets.
There is a good reason why the court must take steps to control the problem of criminalisation of politics, the plea said.
Although MLAs are the highest law-making organs of the State and the profession is honourable and noble, but there is no restriction on them to practice other professions like the bar on IAS, IPS, and Judges to practice other professions, said the plea.