Speaker Has Issued Notices To 20 Rebel MPs On Trinamool Congress Pleas For Their Disqualification, Solicitor Tells Supreme Court
The Indian Supreme Court has issued notices to 20 rebel Trinamool Congress MPs following a petition by the party to disqualify them under the anti-defection law. The Solicitor General confirmed that the Lok Sabha Speaker has already initiated the notice process regarding these disqualification pleas.
Why it matters
This case tests the application of India's anti-defection law and the procedural role of the Speaker in managing internal party dissent within the legislature.
Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the Lok Sabha Speaker has issued notices to the 20 rebel MPs on the petitions filed by the Trinamool Congress seeking their disqualification under the anti-defection law (10th Schedule of the Constitution).The SG was responding to a writ petition filed by Trinamool Congress General Secretary and Lok Sabha leader Abhishek Banerjee seeking an expeditious decision by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on disqualification petitions.The Writ Petition filed under Article 32 was listed before a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana.Responding to the SG's submission, Justice Bagchi said, "It is not a question of issuing notices; it is a question of concluding the proceedings within a time frame."While the bench was inclined to issue notices to the respondents on the writ petition, SG submitted that notices may not…
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