The Supreme Court on Monday will hear a petition see king disqua lification of 25 Telanga na MLAs, who had defected from opposition parties to the ruling TRS. The apex court had issued notices to Speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly, S Madhusdana Chary , and the defected MLAs and directed them to reply to the petition filed by Congress MLA from Alampur, S A Sampath Kumar.
The defected MLAs are likely to file their counters to the notice on Monday . Advocate General K Ramakrish na Reddy is expected to file his counter. Sampath Kumar in his petition to the SC sought a direction to the Speaker of Telangana Assembly to disqualify the turncoat legislators.He stated before the court that despite petitioning the Speaker, seeking disqualification of the MLAs, no action was taken for the last two years. Sampath Kumar has challenged the dismissal of his earlier petitions filed before the Hyderabad High Court.
A SC bench, comprising Joseph Kurian and Shiva Kirthi Singh, while allowing the appeal, issued notices to the Speaker and MLAs, and directed them to respond within three weeks.
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