On day 3, Pilot’s counsel says Article 226 gives high courts jurisdiction over Speaker’s actions; ‘What has been done (by the Speaker) was in total violation of the principle of natural justice,” says Mukul Rohatgi; HC asks Speaker to take no action on Pilot and dissidents till Friday’s verdict.
Rajasthan Crisis moved to another level, even as both parties, the Rajasthan government & ‘rebels’ Sachin Pilot & 18 MLAs – slugged it out at the Rajasthan High Court, the State Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) has sent a notice Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat to record his voice sample.
Jaipur: Courts have no jurisdiction over the disqualification of any member of a Legislative Assembly, Rajasthan Speaker told the Rajasthan High Court today as the petition filed by dissident Congress MLAs, led by Sachin Pilot, came up for hearing.
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra told newsmen: “Is phone tapping not a legal issue? Were the standard procedures laid down followed for phone tapping? The chief minister should answer if the state machinery was misused and if there is a veiled emergency in the state.”
The current Rajasthan Political crisis raises some serious issues of law that need to be looked into. The case is in progress at the Rajasthan High Court (hearing again on Monday, July 20).
Sachin Pilot and the rebel MLAs today moved the Rajasthan High Court, challenging the notices issued by Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi after the Ashok Gehlot government sought their disqualification.