Sachin Pilot and his loyalists have, thus, got a respite from the court.
Rajasthan High Court on Friday directed the Assembly Speaker to defer his action on the disqualification notices issued to Sachin Pilot and 18 other dissident Congress MLAs till July 21 evening.
Hearing on a writ petition moved by Mr. Pilot and others challenging the Speaker’s notices has been adjourned to July 20.
Speaker C.P. Joshi had earlier given time till Friday afternoon to the MLAs of the Pilot camp to respond to his notices.
The High Court also allowed Congress Chief Whip Mahesh Joshi, who had filed the plea for disqualification before the Assembly Speaker, to be impleaded as a party in the case and asked him to file his reply by Saturday.
The notices had asked the MLAs to respond by Friday to the Congress mov