The Telegraph- Calcutta, India
Lucknow, Dec. 1: Uttar Pradesh Speaker Kesari Nath Tripathi has reserved his ruling on a BJP petition seeking disqualification of 10 rebel legislators on the ground that their conduct amounts to voluntarily quitting the party.
After hearing the arguments of counsels from both sides yesterday, Tripathi said he would give his ruling on the maintainability of the petition on a date to be announced later. ...
... Arguing for the BJP, counsel Satya Pal Jain admitted that there might have been some flaws in the petition but these were 'curable' and could not be considered 'fatal' for the petition itself.
He insisted that the conduct of the MLAs presented a perfect case for disqualification under the Anti-Defection Act.
Lucknow, Dec. 1: Uttar Pradesh Speaker Kesari Nath Tripathi has reserved his ruling on a BJP petition seeking disqualification of 10 rebel legislators on the ground that their conduct amounts to voluntarily quitting the party.
After hearing the arguments of counsels from both sides yesterday, Tripathi said he would give his ruling on the maintainability of the petition on a date to be announced later. ...
... Arguing for the BJP, counsel Satya Pal Jain admitted that there might have been some flaws in the petition but these were 'curable' and could not be considered 'fatal' for the petition itself.
He insisted that the conduct of the MLAs presented a perfect case for disqualification under the Anti-Defection Act.
