The court’s decision came on appeals by the BSP and BJP MLA Madan Dilawar against the Rajasthan High Court which had asked the Assembly Speaker to decide on their disqualification within three months.
Advocates Varun Tankha and Samaresh Katare, on behalf of the Congress MLA Vijay Raghavendra Singh, argued that during the tenure of former Chief Minister Kamal Nath, the petitioner was allotted government accommodation in the capital Bhopal.
An earlier bail application was also dismissed by the court on September 24, 2020, when the charge was framed against Apoorva for murder under Section 302 of IPC.
New Delhi (ILNS): Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel passed away this morning due to multiple organ failures, after having tested positive for Novel Coronavirus last month. He was 71. His son Faisal Patel announced his father’s demise on Twitter.
Yesterday, Congress ruled Jharkhand became the fifth state to withdraw the ‘general consent’ to the CBI. Jharkhand followed two other states i.e. Kerala and Maharashtra which recently took the decision of not allowing the investigation agency to probe cases in their respective states.
SC to consider the case of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker violating the three-month deadline in deciding the disqualification of the 22 defected MLA's from Congress to BJP, even after the matter becomes infructuous.
By-polls to the 28 assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh were held today. Two incidents of violence were reported, overall the polls were conducted peacefully.
Supreme Court today stayed the Election Commission decision to remove Kamal Nath's name from the list of ‘star campaigners’ in view of repeated violations of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).