Rajasthan High Court On Rebel Mlas

The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday slated August 14 for giving a final hearing and deciding plea by rebel Congress MLA Bhanwar Lal Sharma for annulment of sedition cases lodged against him by the Special Operation Group of Rajasthan Police.

Rajasthan Chief Whip Mahesh Joshi today moved the Supreme Court against the Rajasthan High Court's order, which directs Assembly Speaker CP Joshi to defer disqualification of sacked Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot and 18 rebel MLAs.

A day after Rajasthan High Court ordered status quo on disqualification notices to 19 rebel Congress MLAs, former Union Finance Minister and senior party leader P Chidambaram said a 1992 verdict by the Supreme Court stated that judicial review should not cover any stage prior to a decision by the Speaker/Chairman.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said today the assembly session would be called "soon" and expressed confidence that he has a majority, a day before a crucial verdict on a petition by Sachin Pilot and other Congress rebels who are threatening his government.

The all-important verdict in the Congress's Rajasthan saga - a case filed by the party's rebel MLAs led by former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot against the Assembly Speaker's move to disqualify them - will be delivered by the Rajasthan High Court on Friday at 10:30 am.

Congress rebel Sachin Pilot has scored a good day in court in his fight against former boss and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. The Supreme Court today refused to stop the Rajasthan High Court from announcing its decision tomorrow on a petition by Sachin Pilot and 18 other rebel MLAs challenging disqualification notices served to them for de...

The Rajasthan Speaker's request to the Supreme Court to stop the High Court from announcing any verdict on the petition by Sachin Pilot and 18 more Congress rebels challenging disqualification notices will be heard tomorrow. Speaker CP Joshi has also challenged the High Court's order asking him to pause any action against the rebels until its decis...

Sachin Pilot and his team of rebels will find out on Friday whether they can be disqualified as Congress MLAs, when the Rajasthan High Court announces its decision on their challenge to notices served for "anti-party activities". Until then, the Rajasthan Speaker cannot take any action against them, said the High Court. While team Pilot waits for t...

There is nothing to show the Rajasthan Speaker "applied his mind" while serving disqualification notices to Sachin Pilot and 18 other Congress rebel MLAs, senior lawyer Mukul Rohatgi argued today in the Rajasthan High Court.

The Congress government in Rajasthan is "undemocratic", rebel MLA Vishwendra Singh declared on Monday, as the tug-of-war between Team Gehlot and Team Pilot over disqualification notices sent to the latter played out in the Rajasthan High Court

A court hearing on a petition by Sachin Pilot and 18 other rebel Congress MLAs challenging disqualification notices in Rajasthan today saw top lawyers arguing over whether dissent is "anti-party" and whether the Speaker's action on dissenters violates freedom of speech. Top lawyer Harish Salve, representing team Pilot, said in the Rajasthan High Co...

The Congress has decided on an alternative if Sachin Pilot and his rebel MLAs get a reprieve from disqualification from the Rajasthan High Court. The hearing will resume on Monday.Contending that they have not indulged in any anti-party activity, the Sachin Pilot camp had taken the Congress in court last week.

Sachin Pilot and 18 other Congress rebels in Rajasthan will not be disqualified by the Speaker at least till Tuesday, senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi told the Rajasthan High Court today. The rebel MLAs will be given time till Tuesday to respond to disqualification notices for "anti-party activities", which they have challenged in court. This mo...

Sachin Pilot and other Congress rebels on Thursday challenged in the Rajasthan High Court a move to disqualify them as MLAs, in a dramatic escalation of the party's crisis in Rajasthan. Top lawyers - Mukul Rohatgi, a former Attorney General, and Harish Salve, who has represented India in big international cases - are representing them in court. Sac...

The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday slated August 14 for giving a final hearing and deciding plea by rebel Congress MLA Bhanwar Lal Sharma for annulment of sedition cases lodged against him by the Special Operation Group of Rajasthan Police.

Rajasthan Chief Whip Mahesh Joshi today moved the Supreme Court against the Rajasthan High Court's order, which directs Assembly Speaker CP Joshi to defer disqualification of sacked Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot and 18 rebel MLAs.

A day after Rajasthan High Court ordered status quo on disqualification notices to 19 rebel Congress MLAs, former Union Finance Minister and senior party leader P Chidambaram said a 1992 verdict by the Supreme Court stated that judicial review should not cover any stage prior to a decision by the Speaker/Chairman.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said today the assembly session would be called "soon" and expressed confidence that he has a majority, a day before a crucial verdict on a petition by Sachin Pilot and other Congress rebels who are threatening his government.

The all-important verdict in the Congress's Rajasthan saga - a case filed by the party's rebel MLAs led by former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot against the Assembly Speaker's move to disqualify them - will be delivered by the Rajasthan High Court on Friday at 10:30 am.

Congress rebel Sachin Pilot has scored a good day in court in his fight against former boss and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. The Supreme Court today refused to stop the Rajasthan High Court from announcing its decision tomorrow on a petition by Sachin Pilot and 18 other rebel MLAs challenging disqualification notices served to them for de...

The Rajasthan Speaker's request to the Supreme Court to stop the High Court from announcing any verdict on the petition by Sachin Pilot and 18 more Congress rebels challenging disqualification notices will be heard tomorrow. Speaker CP Joshi has also challenged the High Court's order asking him to pause any action against the rebels until its decis...

Sachin Pilot and his team of rebels will find out on Friday whether they can be disqualified as Congress MLAs, when the Rajasthan High Court announces its decision on their challenge to notices served for "anti-party activities". Until then, the Rajasthan Speaker cannot take any action against them, said the High Court. While team Pilot waits for t...

There is nothing to show the Rajasthan Speaker "applied his mind" while serving disqualification notices to Sachin Pilot and 18 other Congress rebel MLAs, senior lawyer Mukul Rohatgi argued today in the Rajasthan High Court.

The Congress government in Rajasthan is "undemocratic", rebel MLA Vishwendra Singh declared on Monday, as the tug-of-war between Team Gehlot and Team Pilot over disqualification notices sent to the latter played out in the Rajasthan High Court

A court hearing on a petition by Sachin Pilot and 18 other rebel Congress MLAs challenging disqualification notices in Rajasthan today saw top lawyers arguing over whether dissent is "anti-party" and whether the Speaker's action on dissenters violates freedom of speech. Top lawyer Harish Salve, representing team Pilot, said in the Rajasthan High Co...

The Congress has decided on an alternative if Sachin Pilot and his rebel MLAs get a reprieve from disqualification from the Rajasthan High Court. The hearing will resume on Monday.Contending that they have not indulged in any anti-party activity, the Sachin Pilot camp had taken the Congress in court last week.

Sachin Pilot and 18 other Congress rebels in Rajasthan will not be disqualified by the Speaker at least till Tuesday, senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi told the Rajasthan High Court today. The rebel MLAs will be given time till Tuesday to respond to disqualification notices for "anti-party activities", which they have challenged in court. This mo...

Sachin Pilot and other Congress rebels on Thursday challenged in the Rajasthan High Court a move to disqualify them as MLAs, in a dramatic escalation of the party's crisis in Rajasthan. Top lawyers - Mukul Rohatgi, a former Attorney General, and Harish Salve, who has represented India in big international cases - are representing them in court. Sac...