Tag: MLAs

Supreme Court to hear on Jan 7 pleas against HC order on 6 BSP Rajasthan MLAs joining Congress

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court Monday said it would hear on January 7 the appeals of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and BJP MLA Madan Dilawar against the Rajasthan High Court order asking the Assembly Speaker to decide within three months a disqualification petition against all the six BSP MLAs ‘merging’ with the ruling Congress party. A

High Court issues notice to Delhi Police after AAP MLAs denied permission to protest

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the city police over pleas filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Raghav Chadha and Atishi who were denied permission by the department to protest outside the residences of Union home minister Amit Shah and Delhi lieutenant governor Anil Baijal over alleged misappropriation of funds by

Jharkhand HC asks BJP, Babulal Marandi to refer pleas to competent bench

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com The Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday heard the BJP and Babulal Marandi’s plea over the hurdles in the recognition of BJP Legislature Party leader Babulal Marandi as the Leader of the Opposition in the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha. The single-judge bench of Justice Rajesh Shankar directed the two to file an amended petition and asked

62 criminal cases against Karnataka BJP leaders revoked, law minister claims it ‘routine’: Report

Source:-wakilsahab The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Karnataka government has decided to rescind 62 criminal cases against several of its party’s leaders, including sitting MPs and MLAs, reported News18 on Thursday. The decision was reportedly taken on the suggestions from a sub-committee led by state Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai. However, the state’s director general and inspector general

Karnataka: Supreme Court upholds disqualification of 17 rebel MLAs, can contest bypolls.

Source – indiatoday.in The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday upheld an order by former Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar disqualifying 17 Karnataka MLAs in July. Though the top court upheld the disqualification of the MLAs from Congress and JD(S), the term of the disqualification was struck down. The order, therefore, allows all the

Telangana Congress to move high court over MLAs’ defection; TRS says ‘serve people first’

Source: mynation.com Hyderabad: After as many as 12 MLAs crossed over to the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in the state, a disgruntled Congress has decided to move high court on June 10. The party has also announced state-wide protests against the Assembly Speaker’s decision in recognising their merger. The Congress also alleged that the

Data scant on criminal leaders: Supreme Court

Source – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Centre was “underprepared” in furnishing details of MPs and MLAs who have criminal cases against them and expressed displeasure over not providing sufficient data, despite a directive last year, to expedite such cases by setting up special courts. “The union of India is unprepared. We express

Karnataka Elections: Supreme Court Refuses To Stay BJP Government Formation In Karnataka Today

Source – bloombergquint.com In a dramatic turn of events, the Supreme Court of India, at a middle-of-the-night hearing, refused to stop the Bharatiya Janata Party from taking oath on Thursday morning as the new government in Karnataka. Though it did direct the Attorney General of India, KK Venugopal, to produce the letter written by BJP Karnataka