The Court referred to a larger bench the question of whether the issuance of a notice of intention to move a resolution for the removal of the Speaker restrains them from adjudicating disqualification petitions.
Political leaders can be accused of criminal offences, many of which may not be valid. Verdict in Lily Thomas case removed a sitting MP’s safeguard against disqualification
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde on Monday faced a floor test in the assembly, and won with no hurdles. Shinde s Shiv Sena faction gave a petition to Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar for the suspension of 16 MLAs of the party belonging to Uddhav Thackeray s camp for violation of whip.