Why were the resignations of independent MLAs not accepted?
Three independent MLAs have resigned from the himachal pradesh Assembly. After resigning on march 22, this resignation has not been accepted yet. Meanwhile, the three independent MLAs krishna Lal Thakur, Hoshiar Singh, and ashish Sharma have approached the himachal pradesh High Court. On thursday (April 25) also, the himachal pradesh high court heard this entire matter. high court Chief Justice M.S. A division bench headed by Ramachandra Rao will do it. Judge Yojana Riwal Dua is also included in this bench.
Maninder Singh advocated for independent MLAs
On thursday, the petitioner's lawyer argued that the independent MLAs had to file a petition because the resignation was not accepted. The lawyer told the court that if an independent mla resigns without any pressure and voluntarily, then it should be accepted. In this case, this was not done by the assembly Secretariat. Maninder Singh, a senior advocate of punjab and haryana high court, represented the independent MLAs in the court. kapil sibal is fighting this case on behalf of the assembly Secretariat. On thursday, he was involved in the hearing of the case through video conferencing.
Kapil Sibal is presenting the side of the assembly Secretariat
Kapil Sibal, appearing on behalf of the assembly Secretariat, told the court that the Constitution has given powers to the Speaker of the assembly, which he exercises. The court cannot interfere in such matters. Can only set time limits. It is the right of the Speaker of the assembly to accept the resignation or not. On this, Judge jyotsna Rewal Dua asked why when the independents had voluntarily resigned, they were not accepted. On this question, kapil sibal told him that the independent MLAs resigned on 22 march and joined bjp on 23 March. Even after this, the three independent MLAs continued traveling in the chartered plane. Keeping all these things in mind, the Speaker of the assembly had issued a show cause notice to the three independent MLAs. The entire matter was to be heard on thursday afternoon, but when kapil sibal expressed his inability, the high court ordered the matter to be heard after 4 pm on april 30. Now this case will be heard on april 30.
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