Cannot direct Speaker but expect early ruling on TMC rebels: Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Wednesday remarked that it expected Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to take an "expeditious" decision on a plea seeking the disqualification of 20 rebel TMC MPs who have joined Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI).A bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana said it was aware that it could not issue a direction to the Lok Sabha Speaker, "but we just want to remind him about an expeditious resolution".Senior advocate Kalyan Banerjee, representing TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, submitted that the rebel parliamentarians had not filed a response despite notices being issued and had sought further extension.Solicitor general Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Speaker, told SC that Birla had issued notices on the disqualification petitions.