Will you apologise to L-G, Delhi HC asks suspended BJP MLAs
The Hindu
Justice Subramonium Prasad asked the senior counsel appearing for the suspended legislators to take instructions on this aspect after the senior lawyer for the Assembly said a similar approach was adopted in the Supreme Court in the case of MP Raghav Chadha.
The Delhi High Court on February 20 asked seven BJP MLAs, suspended from the Delhi Assembly for interrupting the Lieutenant Governor's address, if they were willing to apologise to him.
Justice Subramonium Prasad asked the senior counsel appearing for the suspended legislators to take instructions on this aspect after the senior lawyer for the Assembly said a similar approach was adopted in the Supreme Court in the case of MP Raghav Chadha.
Appearing for the Assembly, senior advocate Sudhir Nandrajog said the matter is not political and it involves the dignity of the office of the LG.
"I spoke to the speaker. He also suggested the route followed by the Supreme Court in Raghav Chadha's case. If members were to come and meet the speaker and apologise to the LG, the whole thing could be put through," he said.
Senior advocate Jayant Mehta, appearing for the MLAs, said there was no difficulty in apologising to the L-G.
The court asked the petitioners' counsel to come back in the post-lunch session with instructions.
The seven BJP MLAs — Mohan Singh Bisht, Ajay Mahawar, O P Sharma, Abhay Verma, Anil Bajpai, Jitender Mahajan and Vijender Gupta — had approached the high court on Monday challenging their indefinite suspension from the Assembly for interrupting the Lieutenant Governor's address.
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