Hyderabad, Sep 9 (IANS) The Telangana High Court on Monday directed the office of the Assembly Speaker to decide within four weeks on the petition of the opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi to disqualify the MLAs who defected to the ruling Congress party.
Pronouncing the orders on the petitions by BRS and BJP leaders seeking disqualification of the defectors, the High Court stated that if the Speaker fails to take a decision within four weeks, it would take up the matter suo moto for hearing.
BRS leaders P. Kaushik Reddy and Vivekananda Goud had filed petitions seeking the disqualification of MLAs Danam Nagender, Kadiam Srihari, and T. Venkat Rao for defection. BJP MLA Maheshwar Reddy had also filed a petition, seeking the disqualification of Nagender.
The counsels for the petitioners argued that Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar was not following the Supreme Court orders on the issue of disqualification
The BRS had last month intensified its legal efforts to get 10 MLAs disqualified for defecting to the Congress party.
BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao along with T. Harish Rao and other senior leaders had met legal experts in Delhi as part of the party’s efforts to get turncoat MLAs disqualified.
The legal experts told the BRS delegation that the Supreme Court has already delivered clear judgments in various cases, including the Manipur case relating to defections. He opined that unlike in the past, the Speaker can’t keep a decision pending on disqualification of the defected MLAs.
Rama Rao had said the party would continue its legal battle in the light of the Supreme Court orders in similar cases and as per the advice given by the legal and Constitutional experts in view. He said the party would soon approach the Supreme Court.
He had exuded confidence that the issue of disqualification would be decided in a month either through the High Court or Supreme Court judgement.
As many as 10 MLAs of BRS have defected to the Congress party since March this year.
–IANS
ms/dpb
Disclaimer
The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by TodayIndia.news and while we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.
In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website.
Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of TodayIndia.news We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.
Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, TodayIndia.news takes no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.
For any legal details or query please visit original source link given with news or click on Go to Source.
Our translation service aims to offer the most accurate translation possible and we rarely experience any issues with news post. However, as the translation is carried out by third part tool there is a possibility for error to cause the occasional inaccuracy. We therefore require you to accept this disclaimer before confirming any translation news with us.
If you are not willing to accept this disclaimer then we recommend reading news post in its original language.
