In a relief for the Sachin Pilot camp, The Supreme Court today said the Rajasthan High Court can pass order on MLAs’ plea against disqualification notice.
“We are trying to find out whether this process (disqualification) was permissible or not,” the court said, while questioning Joshi on the reasons for disqualification notice against the 19 dissident Congress MLAs.
“We are not restraining the High Court from passing the order but it will be subject to the outcome of the petition (of Speaker) before the Supreme Court,” the bench said. The bench said that while fixing the plea for hearing on July 27.
A bench of Justices Arun Mishra, B R Gavai and Krsihna Murari said Joshi’s plea raises important questions and requires prolonged hearing.
Rajasthan Assembly Speaker C P Joshi had told the Supreme Court that the state high court has no jurisdiction to restrain him from conducting disqualification proceedings till July 24 against 19 dissident Congress MLAs, including sacked deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot.
Pilot had issued a statement — his first written statement since the crisis began — saying, “I am saddened but not surprised to be at the receiving end of such baseless and vexatious allegations being leveled against me. This is done solely to malign me and to stifle the legitimate concerns that I had raised against the party leadership of the state, as a member and MLA of INC.”
Former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot has served a legal notice to Congress MLA Girraj Singh and sought a written apology after the latter alleged that Pilot had offered him crores of rupees to switch over to the BJP.
