MADURAI, April 30 (PTI): A petition seeking to stay cricketer Sachin Tendulkar from taking oath as Rajya Sabha member was filed in the Madras High Court Bench here today citing pendency of a case against him in a court near here.
Petitioner A Benitto, an advocate here, also sought a court direction to the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman, its Secretariat,and Secretary General to refrain, entertain and solicit Tendulkar, who was nominated to the Upper House by the government, as a Member of Parliament.
The court should seek explanation from the Secretary General and Deputy Chairman as to how Tendulkar�s nomination as a Rajya Sabha member had been accepted by the Upper house Secretariat without proper investigation. The petitioner submitted that a complaint had been filed before Judicial Magistrate of Melur near here against Tendulkar for allegedly insulting the national flag during a party in Jamaica in March 2010 and the same was pending adjudication.
