The Supreme Court will hear on November 17 a contempt petition accusing the Telangana Assembly Speaker of failing to comply with its order to decide disqualification pleas against 10 Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs who defected to the ruling Congress.

A bench led by Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai took note of the plea on Monday after it was mentioned for urgent hearing. The petitioner’s counsel said the Speaker had not acted within the three-month period fixed by the court on July 31 to conclude the disqualification proceedings.

When the counsel pointed out that the respondents were “dragging the proceedings till the end of the month for obvious reasons,” apparently referring to the Chief Justice’s impending retirement on November 23, CJI Gavai replied, “The Supreme Court will not c

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