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The Supreme Court connected Friday (February 6, 2026) gave the Telangana Assembly Speaker a last accidental to determine disqualification petitions against the remaining 2 of the 10 Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) legislators who faced defection charges aft shifting allegiance to the ruling Congress enactment successful the State.
A Bench headed by Justice Sanjay Karol gave the Assembly Speaker 3 weeks to positively determine the petitions. The tribunal cautioned the Speaker, which acts arsenic a quasi-judicial tribunal nether the Tenth Schedule (anti-defection law) of the Constitution, would beryllium successful contempt if a determination is delayed beyond the deadline.
In November past year, the apex tribunal had likewise warned that the Speaker was successful “gross contempt” for delaying a determination connected the petitions.
Subsequently successful December, the Speaker had rejected 7 of the 10 disqualification petitions. The lawsuit had been adjourned by a fortnight erstwhile it came up for proceeding past connected January 16.
On Friday (February 6, 2026), elder advocator A.M. Singhvi, appearing for the State of Telangana, said a determination had been taken successful a further one. He sought 3 weeks much for the Speaker to determine the lawsuit against the past 2 legislators. In July, the apical tribunal had allowed the Speaker 3 months to implicit the disqualification proceedings nether the Tenth Schedule.
“Either this [disqualification petitions] has to beryllium decided by adjacent week, oregon look contempt. This is gross contempt. We person already said helium does not bask Constitutional immunity portion acting arsenic a tribunal nether the Tenth Schedule. It is up to him to determine wherever helium wants to walk the New Year’s day,” Chief Justice (now retired) B.R. Gavai had orally observed successful the July 2025 hearing.
The tribunal has consistently endeavoured to impressment upon the Telangana Speaker that his bureau cannot beryllium implicit disqualification petitions till they “die a earthy death” towards the extremity of the word of the House.
