Senior advocate Sudhir Nandrajog, appearing for the Delhi Assembly, submitted before a single-judge bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad, “There are various powers and provisions given to the Speaker to maintain dignity and functioning of the House, and the court should defer to decision taken by the Speaker until and unless a complete perversity is shown by the other side, which has not been done in the facts of this case.”
The Delhi High Court has adjourned till tomorrow (February 20), hearing in the petitions filed by 7 BJP MLAs challenging their suspension from the remainder of the Budget session of the Delhi.