Telangana HC suggests Assembly Speaker to act in timely manner on MLAs disqualification petition

The division bench overturned the single bench's order, which had directed the Speaker to take a decision within four weeks. The division bench clarified that there is no specific time frame for the Speaker to take a decision

Hyderabad: The State High Court on Friday delivered its verdict on the disqualification petitions of MLAs who have defected from their parties, suggesting that the Assembly Speaker should take a decision on these petitions in a timely manner.

A division bench led by the Chief Justice Alok Aradhe recommended that the Speaker should decide on the disqualification petitions, keeping in mind the anti-defection law under the Tenth Schedule and the five-year term of the Assembly.

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The division bench overturned the single bench’s order, which had directed the Speaker to take a decision within four weeks. The division bench clarified that there is no specific time frame for the Speaker to take a decision.

The single judge had previously allowed petitions filed by BRS MLAs on September 9, which were challenged by Assembly Secretary V. Narasimhacharyulu and another petitioner.

Advocate General Sudarshan Reddy argued for the cancellation of the single judge’s order, while senior advocates Mohan Rao and J. Ramachandra Rao represented the BRS MLAs, stating that the Speaker had not accepted the petitions against the defected MLAs, leading them to approach the High Court.