| Syllabus: GS-IIÂ Subject: Polity Topic: Executive Issue: Public office |
Context: Arvind Kejriwal continuing to occupy public office (office of chief minister) while being in judicial custody.
- An MLA/MP does not suffer disqualification for merely being in judicial custody.
- However, Madras High court in Senthil Balaji case said that citizens expect that persons in power had high standards of moral conduct.
+1 advantage for mains(case law):
- Manoj Narula versus Union of India 2014: Supreme court declared three basic norms for holding a public office.
- Constitutional morality, that is, to avoid acting in a manner contradictory to the rule of law.
- Good governance,that the government has to rise above narrow private interests and aim at doing good for the larger public interest
- Constitutional trust that is, to uphold the high degree of morality attached to a public office.
