New Delhi, March 17
The Supreme Court today permitted the jailed RJD MP, Mr Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, to be taken to Parliament on March 21 from Tihar Jail to take oath as Lok Sabha member.
Last year, he could not take the oath after his election from Madhepura in Bihar because of the cancellation of his bail in a murder case.
A Bench of Mr Justice N. Santosh Hegde and Mr Justice S. B. Sinha directed that the jailed MP be taken to Parliament accompanied by the police escort on March 21 and brought back to the prison immediately thereafter to be kept in the judicial custody.
The Court, while rejecting his plea for granting two-day permission to visit his constituency Madhepura after the oath, ordered the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) to appoint a competent doctor to examine him in jail within a week to furnish an opinion about his health condition.
The Court said the DGHS would submit its report after the doctors' opinion within two weeks whether Yadav required hospitalisation as he had moved an application for his examination and treatment in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for a wound in his leg.
Yadav's counsel Rakesh Kumar Singh also told the court that the MP, who is suffering from morbid obesity (fatness), had gained weight up to 200 kg which posed a threat of heart ailment if he did not get immediate medical attention.
The Court also directed his counsel to withdraw an application for similar relief from the Patna High Court.
