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The Supreme Court on Friday will hear the plea of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP against her expulsion from Lok Sabha over alleged 'unethical conduct. Her expulsion came after the Ethics Committee report probing 'Unethical Conduct' of  Moitra in the "cash for query" case that was tabled in the Lok Sabha on Friday.

Earlier on Thursday, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Wednesday assured Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra that he would look into the listing of her plea against her expulsion from Lok Sabha in a cash-for-query case.

CJI assured the senior advocate that he would look into the listing aspect at lunch during the day. "The matter may not have been registered... If an email was sent, then I would look at it right away. Please send it," the CJI said.

Moitra approached the top court, challenging her expulsion from the Lok Sabha. Moitra was on Friday expelled from the Lok Sabha after a discussion on the report of the Ethics Committee in the 'cash for query' that was tabled in the Lower House.

The TMC MP was not allowed to speak during the discussion inside the House, said that the Ethics committee broke every rule.

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She alleged that she has been found guilty of breaching a code of ethics that 'does not exist'.

Moitra further alleged that the findings are solely based on the written testimonies of two private citizens whose versions contradict each other in material terms and her right to cross-examine them was snatched.

The Ethics Committee report probing 'Unethical Conduct' of the TMC MP had recommended that Moitra "may be expelled" from the Lok Sabha and called for an "intense, legal, institutional inquiry" by the central government in a "time-bound manner".