The High Court on Friday set aside a September 9, 2024 order passed by a single judge, which had directed the Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly to fix a schedule for hearing disqualification petitions within four weeks. The bench ruled that while the Speaker must decide disqualification petitions within a "reasonable time," there was no need to impose a strict timeline as mandated by the single judge.
the High Court on Tuesday heard three writ appeals filed by the Secretary of the Telangana State Legislative Assembly, challenging the order of the Single Judge who had directed the Assembly Secretary to place disqualification petitions before the Assembly Speaker for fixing a schedule to hear them
