The Supreme Court has directed the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker to decide the disqualification petition against Bina MLA Nirmala Sapre within two months, holding that Tenth Schedule petitions must be decided expeditiously.
Abhishek Banerjee plea: the Supreme Court did not take up on Tuesday the TMC leader’s petition seeking a time-bound decision by the Lok Sabha Speaker on disqualification petitions against 20 TMC MPs under the Tenth Schedule.
Supreme Court Lists Sena (UBT) MPs’ Merger For Final Disposal, noting that the Lok Sabha Speaker has not entered appearance in the petition despite notice issued in July. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (October 27) directed that the Shiv Sena (UBT) petition challenging the Lok Sabha Speaker’s recognition of the merger of six […]
The Supreme Court dismissed a writ petition challenging the resignations of former AIADMK MLAs who joined the TVK, saying resigning a seat and taking up ministerial office is part of the political process and the FIR will be investigated.
The Madras High Court has held the resignations of four AIADMK MLAs genuine, upheld the Speaker’s acceptance and directed that pending disqualification proceedings be completed within two months.
In the Shiv Sena case, Neeraj Kishan Kaul told the Supreme Court that the ECI was bound to give the bow-and-arrow symbol to the faction it found was the real party, and that a later disqualification cannot reopen that decision.
Senior Advocate N. K. Kaul told the Supreme Court that the Election Commission had only Shiv Sena’s 2011 constitution on record, and that it was never bound to wait for disqualification rulings before deciding the symbol dispute. The submissions are his; nothing has been decided.
As the Supreme Court resumed the Shiv Sena case, Neeraj Kishan Kaul argued for the Shinde faction on Rana, the Speaker’s prima facie test and the whip, while Justice Bagchi asked whom the symbol’s sentiment should favour.
The Supreme Court disposed of Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay’s plea after recording its expectation that the West Bengal Assembly Speaker would endeavour to decide the pending Tenth Schedule proceedings within three months of their filing.
“You had a fixed deposit as MLA, you tried for share market as MP, and now you lost the Fixed Deposit,” Justice Joymalya Bagchi remarked, as the Supreme Court dismissed Danam Nagender’s plea and upheld his disqualification as a Telangana MLA under the anti-defection law for contesting the Lok Sabha polls on a rival party’s […]
