Hyderabad: There were times when an elected public representative could switch loyalties and continue in that elected post without much hassles. However, recent Supreme Court judgments and directions, especially after 2020, have targeted such practices, making it tough for an elected representative to continue in his or her post after defecting. It was in May […]
Earlier, the top court had granted time till January 31 to the speaker to decide the disqualification pleas pertaining to the NCP MLAs who had switched sides to be part of the Eknath Shinde-led state government.
Two rival factions of Sena had filed disqualification pleas against each other after Shinde and 39 MLAs broke away from the original party last year. The breakaway faction under Shinde then tied up with the BJP to form a new government in June 2022.
Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar has decided to conduct official hearing on disqualification petitions against the MLAs of the Shinde group on October 13.
