A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India in a landmark judgement delivered in the J.M.M. bribery case titled P.V. Narasimha Rao v. State, 1998 Cri. L.J. 2930 : AIR 1998 SC 2120 ruled that Members of Parliament are Public Servants and are liable to prosecution under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and until the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 is suitably amended to name the competent authority to accord sanction for prosecution, the prosecuting agency shall obtain the permission from the Presiding officer of the Legislative body concerned for launching prosecution.