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Manipur HC Raps Speaker for Not Disqualifying Congress MLA Who Defected to BJP

Source: thewire.in New Delhi:┬аDays after Congress and JD(S) MLAs in Karnataka shifted their support to the BJP┬аto help the latter form the government, the Manipur high court has come down heavily on the assembly speaker of the north-eastern state, under the BJPтАЩs rule, for not disqualifying a Congress MLA, Th. Shyamkumar Singh, for the last

Manipur HC disposes disqualification petition against Congress turncoat without any judgment

Source: indianexpress.com The High Court of Manipur Tuesday disposed of separate petitions filed by two Congress MLAs against Minister Th. Shyamkumar Singh, seeking disqualification of the minister under the anti-defection law. The court refused to pass any order citing shortfalls of its jurisdiction under the tenth schedule. However, while giving an observation of the petition,