The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking a declaration that a lawmaker should stand disqualified on conviction notwithstanding the stay granted by higher courts.

A bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra held that various decisions of the top court earlier have settled the position on the effect of an order of an appellate court staying a conviction pending the appeal. "Upon the stay of a conviction under Section 389 of the Cr. PC. the disqualification under Section 8 (Representation of the People Act) will not operate.