Advocates:
DINESH KUMAR GARG

REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.21 OF 1999

Bhim Singh

.... Petitioner(s)

Versus

Union of India & Ors.

.... Respondent(s)

WITH

WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.404 OF 1999,

TRANSFERRED CASE (CIVIL) NOS. 22 OF 2005, 23, 24, 36, 37 &

38 OF 2000 AND WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 376 OF 2003 AND

TRANSFER PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 450 OF 2004

J U D G M E N T

P. Sathasivam, J.

1)

The petitioners have filed the above writ petitions

challenging the Members of Parliament Local Area

Development Scheme (hereinafter referred to as the “MPLAD

Scheme”) as ultra vires of the Constitution of India. They

also prayed for direction from this Court for scrapping of

the MPLAD Scheme and for impartial investigation for the

misuse of the funds allocated in the Scheme.

2) Though the challenge in the writ petitions and the

transferred cases is to the constitutional validity of the

MPLAD Scheme, in view of substantial question of

interpretation of Articles 275 and 282 of the Constitution

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of India are involved, particularly, transfer of funds from

the Union Government to the Member