INTRODUCTION:

1. Manipulative politics can be said to be one of the serious ills with which Indian Democracy suffers. Ours is a multi-party Democracy. Political parties playa vital role in the elections. Party Whips, violation thereof and consequential disqualification resulting there from, these questions do arise before the Courts quite often. It is true that when the people had given mandate in favour of a particular political party, be that in local body elections or even otherwise and when the elections are conducted on Party basis, except Independent candidates, elected representatives are bound to obey the Party Whip. There cannot be any doubt or controversy or two opinions over the same.

Democratic spirit in the working of these Democratic Institutions also to be kept in mind while deciding such matters. The opinion is almost uniform that such manipulative politics would be of serious blow to the healthy Democracy and may have to be deprecated.

Equally the procedural safeguards given to such elected candidates in relation to disqualifications or otherwise by the relevant statutory provisions or the rules also may have to be observed in proper perspective to be in consonan