Supreme Court declines to set deadline for Speaker in TMC rebel MPs case
The Supreme Court has stopped short of fixing a time limit for Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to decide disqualification proceedings against rebel Trinamool Congress MPs, The Hindu reports. The court recorded the MPs’ request for four weeks to file replies, but the supplied material gives no further hearing details.
The Supreme Court has not fixed a time limit for Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in proceedings concerning the disqualification of rebel Trinamool Congress MPs, according to The Hindu. The case involves requests for action against the MPs under the disqualification process. The supplied material does not identify the MPs, explain the grounds of the proceedings or state when the petitions were filed.
The court recorded the fact that the rebel MPs had sought four weeks to file their replies. The available information does not say whether the four-week request was granted or when the next hearing will take place. The material also does not include the court’s reasons for declining to set a deadline, submissions from the Speaker or responses from the Trinamool Congress.
No further procedural direction was provided in the supplied account.
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