Office of Profit
- In October 2018, President dismissed a petition to disqualify 27 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members of the Delhi legislative assembly for allegedly holding offices of profit.
- Articles 102(1) and 191 (1) mention disqualifications on the basis of Office of Profit in the Parliament and state legislature respectively.
- In Pradyut Bordoloi vs Swapan Roy (2001), Supreme Court outlined the following questions for testing for office of Profit:
- Whether the government makes the appointment;
- Whether the government has the right to remove or dismiss the holder;
- Whether the government pays the remuneration;
- What are the functions of the holder and does he perform them for the government; ....
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