Supreme Court Directs Rebel TMC MLAs' Disqualification Case to Calcutta High Court
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The Supreme Court declined to hear a plea seeking speedy disqualification of 10 Trinamool Congress MLAs accused of defection and directed the matter be taken up by the Calcutta High Court instead. The disqualification petitions target MLAs including Ritabrata Banerjee, Firhad Hakim, and others who allegedly defected after contesting assembly elections on a TMC ticket.
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Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Plea On Trinamool Rebel MLAs' Disqualification (opens NDTV in a new tab)
Disqualification petitions have been filed against party MLAs Ritabrata Banerjee, Firhad Hakim, Arup Roy, Sandipan Saha, Akhruzzaman Ansari, Shiuli Saha, Sabina Yasmin, Biplab Mitra, Javed Khan and Rathin Ghosh for their alleged defection after contesting…
‘Approach Calcutta HC’: SC declines plea seeking speedy disqualification of 10 rebel TMC MLAs (opens Hindustan Times in a new tab)
A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and justice Joymalya Bagchi asked the chief justice of the Calcutta high court to constitute a division bench
Supreme Court asks Calcutta High Court to decide plea for direction on disqualification of rebel Trinamool MLAs (opens The Hindu in a new tab)
A Supreme Court Bench disposed of the plea filed by Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress faction leader Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay and asked him to approach the Calcutta High Court
