On 3rd January, the Supreme Court instructed the Lok Sabha Secretary General to respond to Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra's plea challenging her expulsion from the Lok Sabha in a cash-for-query case. Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta scheduled the hearing for the week starting March 11, with a two-week deadline for the Secretariat's response and a three-week timeline for Moitra to reply.