PIL for Telangana, MLA’s in Supreme Court Rejected.

 

Telangana Ministers addressing the Media.

SC rejects Telangana MLAs’ PIL for acceptance of resignation

1st Feb 12:5 HRS IST New Delhi: The SC today dismissed a PIL seeking direction to the AP Speaker to either accept or decide on resignation of over 139 legislators. A bench said that the petitioner had no locus standi in the issue.

Legal Battle for forcing the Speaker to Accept thier resignations sumbitted by the MLA’s the Telanga Region is lost in its first round.

This is an embrasment to the legislators, what will be the next move by these MLA’s will be interesting to know, the judge was very critical about the PIL filed.

A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices J M Panchal and Deepak Verma said that the petitioner M Narayana Reddy, a former MP, had no locus standi in the issue.

The apex court said there was no public interest involved in the issue as claimed by the petitioner.

“Who are you? It is very strange. You are not an MLA or MP. What are you? What is the PIL? Who gave you the right to present petition,” the bench grilled Reddy while dismissing the PIL.

The 139 MLAs, cutting across party lines, are named as petitioners in the matter.