Madras High Court declined to stay the suspension of 79 of lawmakers from the state assembly.
Chennai:
In a setback to the DMK, the Madras High Court today declined to stay the suspension of 79 of its party lawmakers from the state assembly.
The first bench, comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice R Mahadevan, also did not give any interim direction to authorities to allow the suspended lawmakers to attend the ongoing session.
The bench, however, issued notice to Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal.
When there was no one to take notice on his behalf, the bench allowed counsel for DMK treasurer and Leader of Opposition in the state assembly M K Stalin and Lawmakers Thiagarajan to serve private notice on him.
Notices were issued to the government and assembly secretary as well.The government pleader took the notices on their behalf.
On August 17, uproarious scenes were witnessed in the state assembly when DMK Lawmakers were evicted and suspended en masse by Speaker P Dhanapal for a week for allegedly disrupting the proceedings of the House.
Initially, 80 Lawmakers were suspended but later the suspension of one legislator was revoked as he was not present in the House during the ruckus, triggered by remarks of a ruling AIADMK Lawmakers who allegedly ridiculed Stalin.
The DMK moved the High Court seeking quashing of the suspension of their Lawmakers and contended that the en masse suspension was illegal.
The first bench, comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice R Mahadevan, also did not give any interim direction to authorities to allow the suspended lawmakers to attend the ongoing session.
The bench, however, issued notice to Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal.
When there was no one to take notice on his behalf, the bench allowed counsel for DMK treasurer and Leader of Opposition in the state assembly M K Stalin and Lawmakers Thiagarajan to serve private notice on him.
Notices were issued to the government and assembly secretary as well.The government pleader took the notices on their behalf.
On August 17, uproarious scenes were witnessed in the state assembly when DMK Lawmakers were evicted and suspended en masse by Speaker P Dhanapal for a week for allegedly disrupting the proceedings of the House.
Initially, 80 Lawmakers were suspended but later the suspension of one legislator was revoked as he was not present in the House during the ruckus, triggered by remarks of a ruling AIADMK Lawmakers who allegedly ridiculed Stalin.
The DMK moved the High Court seeking quashing of the suspension of their Lawmakers and contended that the en masse suspension was illegal.
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