Supreme Court Relief For Disqualified Manipur MLAs Who Defected From Congress To BJP
NDTV
The three MLAs were disqualified by the Speaker on June 18 last year after disqualification petitions were filed alleging that they had voluntarily given up Congress membership and given their support to BJP.
The Supreme Court today set aside an order passed by the Manipur Assembly Speaker disqualifying three former Congress MLAs over their alleged defection to BJP.
A bench headed by Justice UU Lalit asked the Speaker to decide the matter afresh.
“We allow the appeal, set aside the order of the High Court, and restore the matter pending before the Speaker to be decided afresh without being influenced by earlier orders or the one that was passed by the High Court.
“Since the order passed by the Speaker has now been set aside, till the matter has been disposed of by the Speaker, the MLA shall continue to represent the electorate in the House of Legislative Assembly,” the bench, also comprising Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi, said.
