Cairo: Egypt's top court ruled on Sunday that parliament's Muslim Brotherhood-led upper house was illegal but could stay on until elections, dealing the Islamists a moral blow but letting them keep their grip on lawmaking for now.
The decision resolves an area of legal uncertainty hanging over a political transition repeatedly upset by the courts.
The ruling by the Supreme Constitutional Court upheld the upper house's right, as set out in a new constitution, to legislate in the absence of a lower house. That chamber was dissolved in June 2012 following a similar legal challenge. Dates for new elections have yet to be set.
The upper house, elected as a consultative assembly on a 7 per cent turnout, has angered the opposition by broaching areas of controversy since it assumed legislative powers in December....
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06:58 AM, Jun 03, 2013
Parliament lost over 106 hours during the month-long Winter session which was marred by turmoil over issues like foreign direct investment and quota in promotions, but managed to pass some key legislations including banking reforms bill. Much of the time of both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha was wasted because of uproar over FDI in multi-brand retail, over which government finally emerged victorious in voting after marathon debate...
07:30 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's upper House has passed a bill aimed at protecting top leaders from contempt of court and curbing the Supreme Court's efforts to push the Prime Minister into reopening graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. The Pakistan President is expected to sign the bill for making it into law. The bill was adopted by the National Assembly (lower House) on Monday. The upper House of Parliament took only...
08:14 AM, Jul 12, 2012
Kolkata: Eying a win in the West Bengal Assembly elections, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Friday said she planned to revive the Vidhan Parishad, the Upper House, if her party formed the next government in the state. "If we (Trinamool Congress and Congress alliance) come to power we will revive the Vidhan Parishad where eminent personalities from different walks of life -- economists, litterateur, artists, journalists, teachers and those...
04:34 PM, Apr 02, 2011
Voting for Japan's Upper House of Parliament began earlier on Sunday. ...
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