The Supreme Court of India has given a final three-week deadline to the Telangana Assembly Speaker to decide pending disqualification pleas against BRS MLAs who defected to Congress. Warning of strict action, the Court said failure to act within the timeline will invite contempt proceedings.
The Telangana High Court has extended interim protection to K Chandrasekhar Rao and T Harish Rao in connection with the Kaleshwaram project case. The Court restrained the Telangana government from taking any adverse action based on the judicial commission’s report till February 25.
A litigant and two advocates apologised to Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya after the Supreme Court directed them for making “scurrilous and scandalous” remarks. The SC reminded that “judges of high courts are in no way inferior to judges of the Supreme Court.”
The Supreme Court has suspended Telangana MLCs M Kodandaram and Amer Ali Khan, ruling their induction under the Governor’s quota invalid. The Court said, “The action… on the strength of the interim order was misplaced.”
BRS is set to file a petition in the Supreme Court seeking the disqualification of six MLCs who defected to Congress without resigning. The party urges strict legal action to uphold political accountability and curb defections.
Today(on 23rd March), A Delhi court has extended the Enforcement Directorate’s custody of BRS leader K. Kavitha by three days in connection with the Delhi excise policy case. The court upheld the ED’s request for the custody extension and set March 26 as the new deadline. Kavitha’s legal team has submitted a bail application, but the ED has objected, citing the ongoing investigation. Kavitha denies any wrongdoing and alleges political motives in the case.
