Resign on ethical grounds, Congress informs Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
The Speaker had actually complained that the High Court had no jurisdiction to ask him to defer the disqualification proceedings till July 24.
The apex court arranged a hearing on Monday (July 27).
Throughout the hearing on Thursday, a three-judge Bench led by Justice Arun Mishra stated the “bigger concern” here is whether a legislator’s “voice of dissent” can be “closed down” with the risk of disqualification. Can revealing dissent total up to “willingly giving up the party membership” under Paragraph 2( 1 )( a) of the Tenth Arrange of the Constitution and welcome anti-defection proceedings?
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