Calcutta High Court directs West Bengal Assembly Speaker to inform his decision on Mukul Roy’s disqualification petition
The Hindu
Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari had on June 17 filed a petition before the Speaker seeking disqualification of Mukul Roy as a member of the Assembly.
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee to inform it by October 7 his decision on a petition filed for disqualification of Mukul Roy as a member of the House on the claim that he has defected to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after being elected on a BJP ticket.
Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari had on June 17 filed a petition before the Speaker seeking disqualification of Mr. Roy as a member of the Assembly, claiming that he had defected to the TMC.
Ambika Roy, a BJP MLA of the State, moved the high court in July challenging Mukul Roy’s election as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and prayed for nomination of an Opposition member to the post as per tradition.
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