Telangana HC questions delay in speaker's decision on BRS MLAs' disqualification
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana HC questions delay in speaker's decision on BRS MLAs' disqualification

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Justice B Vijaysen Reddy of the Telangana High Court raised concerns over the prolonged delay in the Assembly Speaker addressing disqualification petitions against BRS MLAs who defected to the Congress. During the adjudication of a batch of writ petitions filed seeking direction to the Speaker to take action, Justice Vijaysen questioned Advocate General A Sudershan Reddy about the timeframe for the decision and how long the court should wait for it. Senior counsel Ravishankar Jandhyala, representing MLA Danam Nagender who defected from the BRS to the Congress, contended that in other states, court directives for the Speaker to pass orders were issued under different circumstances, such as when party symbols were allotted or MLAs were barred from the Assembly. The court heard three writ petitions: one filed by Huzurabad BRS MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy seeking the disqualification of Danam Nagender, another by Quthbullapur MLA Kuna Pandu Vivekananda seeking the disqualification of Tellam Venkata Rao and a third by Nirmal BJP legislator Alleti Maheshwar Reddy seeking the disqualification of Danam Nagender.

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BRS boycotts Telangana CM’s speech over comments on KCR
1 week, 1 day ago

BRS boycotts Telangana CM’s speech over comments on KCR

The Hindu  

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi members boycotted Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s reply to Governor Jishnu Dev Varma’s address in the Assembly on Saturday, protesting against the Chief Minister’s remarks against BRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao. On Saturday, soon after Speaker G. Prasad Kumar announced that the Chief Minister would reply to the Governor’s speech, BRS members staged a walkout …

BRS member G. Jagadish Reddy suspended for remainder of Assembly session
1 week, 2 days ago

BRS member G. Jagadish Reddy suspended for remainder of Assembly session

The Hindu  

HYDERABAD The Telangana Legislative Assembly has suspended Bharat Rashtra Samithi member G. Jagadish Reddy, Suryapet MLA, for the remainder of the session for making “insulting remarks and derogatory comments against the institution of the Speaker” during the discussion on motion thanking the Governor’s address on Thursday. After the House was adjourned midway of Mr. Reddy’s speech on the motion thanking …

BRS MLA Jagadish Reddy suspended for remainder of Telangana budget session
1 week, 3 days ago

BRS MLA Jagadish Reddy suspended for remainder of Telangana budget session

The Hindu  

Former Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLA G. Jagadish Reddy was suspended from the Telangana Assembly for the remainder of the ongoing budget session for making ‘disparaging’ remarks against Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar. The Minister for Legislative Affairs D. Sridhar Babu moved a resolution seeking the suspension of Mr. Reddy and the House passed the resolution. Irrigation Minister N. Uttam …

Operation successful, patient dead? Top court on BRS MLAs disqualification 'delay'
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Operation successful, patient dead? Top court on BRS MLAs disqualification 'delay'

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Telangana government and others over petitions alleging that the Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker has delayed deciding on disqualification pleas against seven Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLAs who contested on a BRS ticket, but defected to the ruling Congress. A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and Augustine George Masih sought responses from the …

Ought To Have Ensured Timely Filing Of Petition: Telangana HC Declines To Condone Over 5-Yr Delay By Judicial Officer In Challenging Dismissal
1 month, 1 week ago

Ought To Have Ensured Timely Filing Of Petition: Telangana HC Declines To Condone Over 5-Yr Delay By Judicial Officer In Challenging Dismissal

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by a judicial officer challenging her dismissal order that was issued in 2019. The petitioner had approached the court contending that although her dismissal order was passed in 2019, she could not approach the court at an earlier date due to her non-cooperative counsel. The division bench of Justice P …

BRS MLAs disqualification row: Rights of political party can't be frustrated, says SC
1 month, 1 week ago

BRS MLAs disqualification row: Rights of political party can't be frustrated, says SC

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi, Feb. 10: In a democracy, rights of a party couldn't be permitted to be frustrated, the Supreme Court on Monday said while asking the "reasonable time" for Telangana Assembly speaker to decide pleas for disqualification of BRS MLAs who defected to the Congress. A high court division bench had said the state legislative assembly speaker must decide on …

BRS Moves Supreme Court For Early Decision By Telangana Speaker On Disqualification Pleas Against 7 MLAs Who Defected To Congress
1 month, 2 weeks ago

BRS Moves Supreme Court For Early Decision By Telangana Speaker On Disqualification Pleas Against 7 MLAs Who Defected To Congress

Live Law  

Bharat Rashtra Samithi and its MLAs have moved the Supreme Court assailing the Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker's delay in deciding disqualification petitions filed in respect of 7 MLAs who contested the 2023 Assembly elections on BRS ticket but later joined the ruling Congress party in the state. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and K Vinod Chandran recently listed the …

HC quashes proceedings against Parigi MLA
1 month, 2 weeks ago

HC quashes proceedings against Parigi MLA

The Hindu  

Justice K. Lakshman of Telangana High Court on Tuesday quashed the proceedings in a criminal case registered against Parigi MLA T. Ram Mohan Reddy of Congress in 2019 during Lok Sabha elections campaign. The case was registered on March 12, 2019 after Mr. Reddy and other political leaders staged a demonstration at an open ground before Vikarabad Revenue Division Office. …

10 BRS defectors served notice by Telangana assembly
1 month, 2 weeks ago

10 BRS defectors served notice by Telangana assembly

Hindustan Times  

Hyderabad Telangana state assembly secretary Dr V Narasimha Charyulu on Tuesday issued notices to 10 lawmakers belonging to the Bharat Rashtra Samithi who defected to the ruling Congress last year, people familiar with the matter said. 10 BRS defectors served notice by Telangana assembly The notices were issued acting on a batch of petitions filed by the BRS to state …

SC Asks Telangana Assembly to Define 'Reasonable Period' for Disqualification Decisions on Defecting MLAs
1 month, 2 weeks ago

SC Asks Telangana Assembly to Define 'Reasonable Period' for Disqualification Decisions on Defecting MLAs

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Supreme Court Asks Telangana Assembly to Define 'Reasonable Period' for Disqualification Decisions on Defecting MLAs A bench of Justices BR Gavai and AG Masih scheduled the matter for February 10 and instructed Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi to consult the Speaker and provide their views on what would be a reasonable timeframe. The issue began when a Single Bench of …

BRS MLAs' Defection To Congress | 'What Would Be A Reasonable Period To Decide Disqualification Pleas?' Supreme Court Asks Telangana Assembly
1 month, 2 weeks ago

BRS MLAs' Defection To Congress | 'What Would Be A Reasonable Period To Decide Disqualification Pleas?' Supreme Court Asks Telangana Assembly

Live Law  

In a petition filed by Telangana MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy pertaining to the defection of 3 MLAs from his party to the ruling Congress party, the Supreme Court recently asked the State Legislative Assembly as to what would be a "reasonable period" for deciding the disqualification pleas filed against the defecting MLAs.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and AG Masih …

SC asks Speaker office what is ‘reasonable time’
1 month, 3 weeks ago

SC asks Speaker office what is ‘reasonable time’

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the office of the Telangana Assembly Speaker what constituted ‘reasonable time’ according to the Speaker to take a decision on the disqualification petitions filed by the BRS against its MLAs who had defected to the Congress. The court gave ten days to counsel for the Assembly secretary to convey the Speaker's perception on …

BRS moves Supreme Court for action against defected MLAs
2 months, 1 week ago

BRS moves Supreme Court for action against defected MLAs

The Hindu  

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi has stepped up its efforts for action against defected MLAs by filing two petitions in the Supreme Court on Thursday, seeking disqualification of 10 legislators who switched allegiance to the ruling Congress party. The BRS has filed a Special Leave Petition against three MLAs — Danam Nagender, Kadiyam Srihari, and Tellam Venkat Rao — and a …

BRS goes to SC against turncoat MLAs
2 months, 1 week ago

BRS goes to SC against turncoat MLAs

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The BRS on Thursday took its battle with the Congress for disqualification of 10 of its MLAs, who defected to the ruling party, to the Supreme Court by filing two petitions. The party, in its petitions, urged the apex court to take up the matter quickly and deliver its pronouncement directing the Telangana Assembly Speaker to take action within …

Bombay HC upholds Goa Speaker's decision to not disqualify 8 Congress MLAs
2 months, 1 week ago

Bombay HC upholds Goa Speaker's decision to not disqualify 8 Congress MLAs

India TV News  

The Bombay High Court on Thursday upheld Goa Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar's decision to not disqualify the eight Congress MLAs who joined the ruling BJP in the coastal state on September 14, 2022. On November 1 last year, Tawadkar dismissed the disqualification petition against MLAs Digambar Kamat, Aleixo Sequeira, Sankalp Amonkar, Michael Lobo, Delilah Lobo, Kedar Naik, Rudolf Fernandes and …

Telangana HC stays sessions judge decision on KCR, BRS MLA Harish Rao
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana HC stays sessions judge decision on KCR, BRS MLA Harish Rao

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: In major relief to former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and former minister T Harish Rao, Justice K Lakshman of the Telangana High Court on Tuesday stayed a decision of the Jayashankar Bhupalpally district court to allow the numbering of a private petition against them. The high court criticised the sessions judge’s decision to review the chief munsif magistrate’s …

SC refuses to entertain Congress' plea against non-disqualification of its 8 MLAs by speaker
3 months, 1 week ago

SC refuses to entertain Congress' plea against non-disqualification of its 8 MLAs by speaker

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea challenging the decision of the Goa assembly speaker to reject the disqualification petition of the Congress against eight of its MLAs who defected to the ruling BJP. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar asked Congress leader Girish Chodankar, who filed the plea in the …

BRS Boycotts Legislature Training, Accuses Speaker of Bias
3 months, 1 week ago

BRS Boycotts Legislature Training, Accuses Speaker of Bias

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The BRS on Tuesday declared that it was boycotting the two-day training session for MLAs and MLCs organised by the Legislature secretariat, and alleged that Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar acted in a manner that resulted in violation of the rights of the BRS MLAs on Monday by not allowing them to enter the Assembly premises. The training and …

Madhya Pradesh HC issues notices to Speaker on Congress MLA joining BJP
3 months, 1 week ago

Madhya Pradesh HC issues notices to Speaker on Congress MLA joining BJP

The Hindu  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday issued notices to State Assembly Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar and Congress MLA Nirmala Sapre, who joined the BJP earlier this year, in connection with the delay in decision on the latter’s legislative membership. The Congress had in July requested Mr. Tomar to disqualify Ms. Sapre under the anti-defection law but moved the High …

Telangana HC stays order on petitions seeking MLA disqualifications
4 months ago

Telangana HC stays order on petitions seeking MLA disqualifications

Hindustan Times  

The Telangana high court on Friday refused to interfere in the powers of legislative assembly speaker G Prasad Kumar to decide on the disqualification of lawmakers who defected from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi into the Congress, further directing the speaker to deal with the pleas within “reasonable time G Prasad Kumar A division bench of chief justice Alok Aradhe and …

Telangana High Court Asks Assembly Speaker To Decide Disqualification Pleas Against MLAs Who Defected From BRS 'Within Reasonable Time'
4 months ago

Telangana High Court Asks Assembly Speaker To Decide Disqualification Pleas Against MLAs Who Defected From BRS 'Within Reasonable Time'

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court on Friday set aside a September order of the single judge which had directed the Secretary of the legislative Assembly to place the disqualification pleas pending against MLAs–who defected from Bharat Rashtra Samithi –before the Assembly Speaker to fix a schedule of hearing within four weeks.In doing so the high court said that Speaker of. The …

Maheshwar Reddy Urges Telangana HC to Dismiss Appeal on Disqualification
4 months, 1 week ago

Maheshwar Reddy Urges Telangana HC to Dismiss Appeal on Disqualification

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Aleti Maheshwar Reddy, BJP floor leader in the Telangana Legislative Assembly, contended before the Telangana High Court that the secretary of the Legislative Assembly lacks the legal right to file an appeal challenging the orders of the single judge in the issue related to disqualification of BRS members, who had defected. Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender, who won the Assembly …

Telangana HC Rejects Plea Seeking FIR Against CM
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana HC Rejects Plea Seeking FIR Against CM

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition filed by Errolla Srinivas of BRS, seeking a direction to Banjara Hills police to register a case against Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, alleging that he used filthy language against BRS leaders. The judge during the course of the hearing, observed that political leaders spoke on a lot of …

PIL against defections: Telangana HC notices to 10 turncoat MLAs
5 months, 3 weeks ago

PIL against defections: Telangana HC notices to 10 turncoat MLAs

New Indian Express  

A bench of the Telangana High Court issued notices to 10 BRS MLAs who defected to the Congress after the 2023 Assembly elections without resigning from the pink party. The court was hearing a PIL filed by Praja Shanti Party chief KA Paul, seeking the disqualification of these MLAs for violating the anti-defection provisions under the Tenth Schedule of the …

KTR welcomes HC directive, says it’s a slap in Congress's face
6 months, 1 week ago

KTR welcomes HC directive, says it’s a slap in Congress's face

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Welcoming the Telangana High Court’s directive on the disqualification petitions, BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Monday predicted that byelections would be held in the Assembly segments represented by Danam Nagender, Kadiyam Srihari and Tellam Venkat Rao. “AICC leader Rahul Gandhi talks about protection of the Constitution but the Congress is murdering it here in Telangana,” he alleged …

Telangana High Court Directs Speaker To Decide In Four Weeks Disqualification Pleas Against BRS MLAs Who Defected To Congress
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana High Court Directs Speaker To Decide In Four Weeks Disqualification Pleas Against BRS MLAs Who Defected To Congress

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court today directed the Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly to fix a schedule of hearing within four weeks to decide upon the disqualification pleas preferred by the BRS and BJP MLAs against the defection of three BRS MLAs to the Congress Party.The bench comprising Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy stated that since there's no information as to …

Supreme Court Says Telangana Governor's MLC Nominations Will Be Subject To Outcome Of BRS Leaders' Petition
7 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Says Telangana Governor's MLC Nominations Will Be Subject To Outcome Of BRS Leaders' Petition

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice on a petition filed by Bharat Rashtra Samithi leaders Dasoju Sravan Kumar and Kurra Satyanarayana seeking to prevent the Telangana Governor from nominating members of the State Legislative Council.While the Court declined to pass an order of status quo on the nomination of Member of Legislative Council, it clarified that. The Supreme Court …

Telangana: Hearings on petitions against defected MLAs adjourned
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana: Hearings on petitions against defected MLAs adjourned

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday held a marathon hearing in the petitions seeking directions to the Speaker to disqualify BRS MLAs Danam Nagender, Kadiam Srihari and Tellam Venkat Rao for defecting to the Congress. After the completion of arguments from the side of the defected MLAs, Supreme Court advocate Aryama Sundaram submitted arguments on behalf of the petitioners, …

Ruckus in assembly may lead to disqualification of MLAs, warns CM Revanth
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Ruckus in assembly may lead to disqualification of MLAs, warns CM Revanth

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has warned MLAs of disqualification if they disrupt the Assembly proceedings without valid reason. In an informal chat with media persons at his chambers in the Assembly after the House was adjourned for the day on Wednesday, the Chief Minister said, “The Congress government is very democratic and that's why no opposition MLA was …

Telangana CM hints membership cancellation of MLAs like KCR government did for violating House norms
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana CM hints membership cancellation of MLAs like KCR government did for violating House norms

The Hindu  

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy hinted that MLA membership could be cancelled or suspended if members wilfully violate the House norms, and recalled how the previous BRS government cancelled the membership of Congress MLAs Komatireddy Venkata Reddy and A. Sampath Kumar just for raising an objection. “The government is not in favour of suspensions and expulsions of members but …

Defections of MLAs: HC adjourns hearing on BRS petitions
8 months ago

Defections of MLAs: HC adjourns hearing on BRS petitions

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing in the BRS petitions to July 22. Advocate General A. Sudershan Reddy argued before Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy in the writ petitions. He submitted that he required more time to put forth his arguments in the batch of writ petitions and cited the five-judge bench order passed by the Supreme …

Telangana: BRS seeks disqualification of all 10 defected MLAs who joined Congress
8 months ago

Telangana: BRS seeks disqualification of all 10 defected MLAs who joined Congress

India TV News  

Bharat Rashtra Samithi on Tuesday urged Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar to disqualify all 10 BRS MLAs who defected to the ruling Congress party. The BRS leader said since the party had already petitioned the Speaker for the disqualification of D Nagender, they demanded the disqualification of the remaining nine MLAs. The BRS leaders brought to the Speaker’s notice …

Citing Supreme Court verdict, BRS urges Speaker to act upon its disqualification petitions
8 months, 1 week ago

Citing Supreme Court verdict, BRS urges Speaker to act upon its disqualification petitions

The Hindu  

HYDERABAD Working president of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi K.T. Rama Rao has stated that a delegation of the party MLA who called on Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Tuesday have requested him to take action on the party’s petitions against 10 MLAs who have defected to the Congress so far. Stating that they had read out the content of …

Telangana HC adjourns BRS chief’s writ petition against one-man panel to Friday
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana HC adjourns BRS chief’s writ petition against one-man panel to Friday

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Telangana High Court, comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti, adjourned the writ petition filed by former chief minister K Chandrasekar Rao seeking stay on Justice L Narasimha Reddy Commission’s inquiry into the alleged irregularities in power sector during the BRS regime. 9 Energy Department, dated March 14, 2024, which constituted …

Ending defections: On politics in Telangana
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Ending defections: On politics in Telangana

The Hindu  

With the defection of MLA M. Sanjay Kumar, who represents the Jagtial constituency in Telangana, from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi to the ruling Congress, the strength of the principal Opposition has come down from 39 to 33 in the State Assembly. Despite winning 63 of the 119 Assembly seats, Telangana’s first Chief Minister, the BRS’s K. Chandrashekhar Rao, effected a …

BRS seeks Speaker’s appointment to seek disqualification of defected MLAs
8 months, 3 weeks ago

BRS seeks Speaker’s appointment to seek disqualification of defected MLAs

The Hindu  

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi has requested the appointment of Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar for lodging the party petition with him on the recent defection of party MLAs Pocharam Srinivas Reddy and M. Sanjay to the ruling Congress. Speaking to newspersons here on Tuesday, former minister G. Jagadish Reddy, legislators Palla Rajeshwar Reddy, Tata Madhu, former MP B. Lingaiah Yadav …

Telangana HC Dismisses Independents’ Pleas
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana HC Dismisses Independents’ Pleas

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court dismissed three writ petitions challenging the rejection of nominations of independent candidates. Senior counsel Avinash Reddy, appearing for the Election Commission of India, stated that the petitioner was in the electoral role of the Musheerabad Assembly segment, and filed his nomination as an independent candidate for the Nalgonda parliamentary constituency and …

Telangana HC Halts Suspension of Workers for Alleged Attendance at BRS Meeting
11 months ago

Telangana HC Halts Suspension of Workers for Alleged Attendance at BRS Meeting

Deccan Chronicle  

The judge was dealing with a writ plea filed by Srinivas and others challenging a notice issued by the district election officer and Siddipet collector. It was alleged that the BRS had conducted a meeting unauthorisedly in violation of the model code of conduct in connection with general elections at the Reddy Function Hall, Siddipet, which some of DRDA staff …

Writ filed seeking MLA Danam’s disqualification for switching from BRS to Congress
11 months, 1 week ago

Writ filed seeking MLA Danam’s disqualification for switching from BRS to Congress

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Huzurabad MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy filed a writ petition in the Telangana High Court, seeking a directive to the legislative Assembly speaker to disqualify Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender for switching from the BRS to the Congress. Padi Kaushik’s contention revolves around Danam Nagender’s election as MLA in the recent Assembly elections, where he secured victory on a BRS ticket. …

Speaker Pramila Mallik disqualifies MLAs Dhali, Nayak for defection
11 months, 1 week ago

Speaker Pramila Mallik disqualifies MLAs Dhali, Nayak for defection

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: Speaker Pramila Mallik has disqualified two sitting MLAs, former minister Arabinda Dhali and Premananda Nayak, who recently joined BJP after resigning from BJD, as members of the Assembly. The Speaker in separate orders issued for the MLAs said Dhali, an elected member of the Jayadev Assembly constituency, and Nayak, an elected member of the Telkoi Assembly constituency, have incurred …

Odisha: Assembly Speaker Disqualifies 2 BJD MLAs for Quitting Party to Join BJP
11 months, 1 week ago

Odisha: Assembly Speaker Disqualifies 2 BJD MLAs for Quitting Party to Join BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Legislative Assembly Speaker Pramila Malllick on Thursday disqualified two Biju Janata Dal MLAs — Premananda Nayak and Arabinda Dhali — who recently joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Speaker decided to disqualify Dhali and Nayak after MLA Prasanta Kumar Muduli filed a petition on March 18 under Rule 6 of the Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly Rules, 1978 …

Voters Have No Locus to Seek Disqualification of MLAs: HC
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Voters Have No Locus to Seek Disqualification of MLAs: HC

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court refused to entertain a writ petition from a voter seeking the disqualification of Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagendar on the grounds of his defection to the Congress from the BRS. The judge questioned petitioner’s counsel Bommineni Vivekananda on the locus in filing the petition and directed him to show one judgment of the Supreme Court or …

Himachal’s 6 rebel Congress MLAs likely to withdraw disqualification plea in SC
1 year ago

Himachal’s 6 rebel Congress MLAs likely to withdraw disqualification plea in SC

Hindustan Times  

Six former Congress MLAs are contemplating the withdrawal of their plea from the Supreme Court in which they have challenged an order of the Himachal Pradesh Speaker disqualifying them from the assembly. A highly placed source close to the former MLAs said a move to withdraw the plea from the court is on the cards as they want to contest …

HC dismisses plea against MLAs, sitting Rajya Sabha members contesting LS polls
1 year ago

HC dismisses plea against MLAs, sitting Rajya Sabha members contesting LS polls

The Hindu  

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest writ petition against sitting Rajya Sabha MPs and MLAs contesting Parliament elections without resigning from their respective posts. According to him, some of the sitting Rajya Sabha members and MLAs were contesting in the Lok Sabha elections without completing the tenure in those respective posts. If …

Himachal Pradesh Congress crisis: Supreme Court refuses to stay disqualification of six rebel MLAs
1 year ago

Himachal Pradesh Congress crisis: Supreme Court refuses to stay disqualification of six rebel MLAs

Live Mint  

In a major setback for the six Congress rebel leaders from Himachal Pradesh, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Speaker's decision to disqualify them as MLAs. The political crisis for Congress in Himachal Pradesh triggered after its six MLAs- Sudhir Sharma, Ravi Thakur, Rajinder Rana, Inder Dutt Lakhanpal, Chaitanya Sharma and Devinder Kumar voted for the Bharatiya …

SC to hear plea of six disqualified Himachal MLAs against their disqualification on March 12
1 year ago

SC to hear plea of six disqualified Himachal MLAs against their disqualification on March 12

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on March 12 a plea by six rebel Congress MLAs, who had cross-voted in the recent Rajya Sabha polls in Himachal Pradesh, against their disqualification. The Speaker of Himachal Pradesh Assembly, Kuldeep Singh Pathania, had disqualified the six on the Congress' plea for "defying" the party whip that required them to be present …

At least nine more MLAs in touch with us: Disqualified Himachal Congress MLA
1 year ago

At least nine more MLAs in touch with us: Disqualified Himachal Congress MLA

India Today  

Rajinder Rana, one of the six Himachal Pradesh Congress MLAs who cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha elections and was later disqualified from the assembly, on Saturday rubbished Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's claim that some rebel legislators want to return, asserting that at least nine party legislators were in touch with them. About the cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha elections …

MLA disqualification matter: Bombay HC issues notice to Maharashtra Speaker on Shinde faction pleas
1 year, 2 months ago

MLA disqualification matter: Bombay HC issues notice to Maharashtra Speaker on Shinde faction pleas

New Indian Express  

Gogavale has sought HC to declare the speaker's order as bad in law, quash it and disqualify all the 14 MLAs from the Thackeray group – Sena. The court clarified that, as per a new practice, all matters filed are taken up for hearing within a day or two. In the petitions, Gogavale said that on July 3, 2022, he …

Uddhav Sena Approaches Supreme Court Questioning Impartiality Of Maharashtra Speaker In Deciding Disqualification Pleas
1 year, 2 months ago

Uddhav Sena Approaches Supreme Court Questioning Impartiality Of Maharashtra Speaker In Deciding Disqualification Pleas

Live Law  

An application has been filed on behalf of Shiv Sena questioning the impartiality of Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narwekar in deciding the disqualification petitions filed against the members of the Eknath Shinde faction.It is alleged in the application that the Speaker met Chief Minister Eknath Shinde at the latter's official residence on January 7, when just three. An application has been …

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