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SC stays Calcutta HC decision to disqualify MLA Mukul Roy under anti-defec
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was of the view that the electronic evidence against Roy, indicating that he had switched parties, had to be tested, and the same cannot be assumed on the principle of 'preponderance of probability'.
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"Mockery of democracy": BRS' KTR slams Congress over defection ruling
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Reacting to the Speaker's decision on the defected MLAs, KTR said it has once again been proven that Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party have absolutely no respect for the nation's highest courts or the Constitution.
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"All preparations have been made": Kerala State Election Commissioner A Sh
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Kerala State Election Commissioner, A Shajahan, on Sunday announced that the state is gearing up for its local body elections, with polling scheduled from December 9 to 11 and counting on December 13.
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"Welcome decision": Telangana BJP chief on SC issuing warning to Assembly
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
"In electoral politics, if the person who gets elected on a particular symbol and a particular party has to change the party, he has to resign. That is what our anti-defection law says as per the Tenth Schedule under the Constitution. What the Supreme Court has said is a welcome decision,
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SC censures Telangana CM Revanth Reddy for mockery of Anti-defection law
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
While hearing a plea regarding the defection of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs to the Congress, the ruling party in Telangana, the Supreme Court on Wednesday criticized Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for his alleged statement in the State Assembly that no by-elections would be held even if
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Chhatarpur MLA Kartar Singh Tanwar loses Delhi assembly membership after s
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Chhatarpur MLA Kartar Singh Tanwar has lost his membership in the Delhi assembly. Speaker Ram Niwas Goel has disqualified Tanwar under the anti-defection law.
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"Essential to strengthen democracy": CM Sukhvinder Sukhu on bill stopping
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
After the Himachal Assembly passed a bill to revoke the pension of defected MLAs, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu said that bill was essential to be introduced to strengthen democracy.
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Himachal Assembly passes bill to stop pension of defected MLAs; CM Sukhu s
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
This amendment has significant consequences for six Congress MLAs who were disqualified on February 28 for violating the party whip in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
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"Akhilesh Yadav will soon take action against rebel MLAs," says SP spokesp
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Samajwadi Party spokesperson Fakhrul Hasan Chand on Wednesday said that the party chief Akhilesh Yadav will initiate action against rebel MLAs. He informed that Yadav will submit a letter to the Assembly speaker regarding the same.
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Six rebel Himachal leaders withdraw plea from Supreme Court
Updated : 2 years ago IST
On February 29, the Speaker disqualified the six Congress MLAs who cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha polls. The six MLAs who had been disqualified were Sudhir Sharma, Rajinder Rana, Davinder K Bhutto, Ravi Thakur, Chaitanya Sharma and Inder Dutt Lakhanpal under the anti-defection law.
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Three independent MLAs move Himachal HC; Speaker Pathania defers resignati
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Himachal Pradesh Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania on Wednesday said that the three Independent MLAs who resigned earlier now fall under the preview of the "Anti-Defection Law."
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KTR calls out Rahul Gandhi, Congress for hypocrisy on anti-defection assur
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader KT Rama Rao criticized the apparent hypocrisy of Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party regarding their stance on anti-defection assurance in their manifesto.
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