MP, MLA disqualification ceases if conviction stayed, Centre said in 2017

The Centre was responding to a writ petition by Lucknow-based NGO Lok Prahari, which argued that even in case of a stay of conviction - for an offence attracting disqualification under Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 - it should not automatically lead to "wiping out" the disqualification and reviving the membership with retrospective effect and consequently, the seat of the concerned member which had been declared vacant.

MP, MLA disqualification ceases if conviction stayed, Centre said in 2017
The Centre was responding to a writ petition by Lucknow-based NGO Lok Prahari, which argued that even in case of a stay of conviction - for an offence attracting disqualification under Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 - it should not automatically lead to "wiping out" the disqualification and reviving the membership with retrospective effect and consequently, the seat of the concerned member which had been declared vacant.