Telangana

Hyderabad / New Delhi: The Supreme Court has taken a strict stance against the Telangana Assembly Speaker for ignoring its earlier orders regarding the disqualification of BRS (Bharat Rashtra Samithi) legislators. A bench led by Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai described the Speaker’s conduct as “blatant contempt” and issued a contempt notice. During the hearing on a contempt petition filed by BRS leader KTR, CJI Gavai remarked pointedly that the Speaker should decide for himself “where he wants to celebrate the New Year” while emphasizing that a decision on the disqualification of the MLAs must be taken within the next week, failing which the Speaker should be ready to face contempt proceedings. Background of the Case The case concerns 10 BRS legislators who joined the Congress,...

Hyderabad: The counting of votes for the Jubilee Hills by-election in Telangana has begun at the Kotla Vijayabhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium in Yusufguda. A total of 42 counting tables have been set up to process votes from 407 polling stations. The by-election is being closely watched as a key contest for both the ruling Congress government and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS). Congress Takes Early Lead in Postal Ballots Counting began with postal ballots, and Congress has taken an early lead. Out of 109 postal ballots, 103 have been counted so far, with Congress candidate Naveen Yadav ahead of BRS’s Sunita Manganti. EVM Counting Underway The Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) counting started at 9:05 AM in the Sheikpet division, where Congress maintained its lead in the first round...

Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notice to Telangana Speaker over Delay in BRS MLAs Disqualification

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