PREMIUM Court rejects bid to ban ex-presidents, governors from public office News 16 min ago Listen
The High Court has dismissed a petition seeking to permanently bar retired presidents, deputy presidents, governors and deputy governors from holding any other public office after completing their constitutional terms.” The court also rejected the petitioner's argument that expiry of a constitutional term automatically amounts to retirement from public service for every purpose.
Permanent disqualification “Had it been intended that Deputy Presidents or Deputy Governors retire permanently from public service upon the expiry of their constitutional tenure, nothing would have been easier than to say so in express terms,” the court said.
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