Published on : 17 Nov 2025, 7:35 am 2 min read

The Supreme Court on Monday took strong exception to the continued delay on the part of the Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly in deciding on petitions to disqualify Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) who had defected to the Congress party after their election on Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) tickets

The Court orally observed today that the Telangana Speaker's conduct reflected gross contempt of court.

A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai and Justices Vinod Chandran and NV Anjaria made the observation while hearing a plea by BRS MLA Kaushik Reddy who moved the Court seeking disqualification of 10 MLAs who defected from BRS to the Congress party.

On July 31, the top court had set a three-month de

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