The petitioner’s counsel then argued,
“All these MPs after getting elected under the Representation of People Act start behaving like rulers. They are public servants.”
Rejecting the argument, the CJI stated,
“You cannot make this charge against all the MPs. How will individual citizens make law in a democracy? All laws are passed by Parliament after elected MPs participate. As individual citizens, we cannot arrogate the law. Then people will say we don’t need judges…we will decide on the streets and kill for theft. Do we want that to happen?”
Source: Barandbench
