Provide Copies Of Judgement On Defection: Supreme Court Orders Speaker Office
Delhi/Hyderabad, Mar 13 (Maxim News): A bench of Supreme Court Justices Sanjay Karol and A.G. Masih has declared the hearing of the petitions filed by BRS Working President KTR, MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy and BJP Legislative Party Leader Yeleti Maheshwar Reddy separately seeking disqualification of the defecting MLAs and initiation of a hearing on the petition against the Speaker. Senior advocates Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Mukul Rohatgi, while hearing the arguments, said that the Speaker has issued the final orders. Responding on behalf of the petitioners, advocate Mohit Rao said that they have not received the copies of the Judgement issued by the Speaker. He stated that the copies of the judgment are required to challenge the Speaker’s Judgement . He explained that the unavailability of the copies of the judgment is hindering further legal proceedings.
Responding, the bench directed the Speaker’s office to provide copies of the judgment orders to the petitioners. It ordered that the complete record be provided within four days. Among the 10 BRS MLAs, Danam Nagender, who was elected from Khairatabad, contested from the Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency on a Congress party ticket and lost. Station Ghanpur MLA Kadiyam Srihari campaigned for the victory of his daughter, who got the Congress MP ticket. The remaining 8 BRS MLAs wore Congress scarves in the presence of the Chief Minister. The Speaker ruled that there was no evidence that these ten BRS MLAs had defected to the Congress. It is reported that BRS is planning to conduct a judicial review and challenge it in the High Court upon receiving the copies of this judgment. (Maxim News)
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