{"id":324960,"date":"2024-06-24T11:00:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T05:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=324960"},"modified":"2024-06-26T11:59:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T06:29:11","slug":"hp-hc-constitutional-courts-cannot-fix-timeframe-decide-voluntariness-of-resignation-legislative-assembly-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/24\/hp-hc-constitutional-courts-cannot-fix-timeframe-decide-voluntariness-of-resignation-legislative-assembly-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitutional Courts cannot fix timeframe to decide genuineness\/voluntariness of resignation tendered by Legislative Assembly members: Himachal Pradesh HC"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Himachal Pradesh High Court:<\/span> In a case wherein a question arose that whether the High Court exercising its power under Article 226<\/a> of the Constitution<\/a> can direct the speaker of Legislative Assembly to decide the voluntariness\/genuineness of the resignation submitted by the petitioners in time bound manner, Sandeep Sharma, J.*<\/span>, observed that in the present case, it had been repeatedly claimed by the petitioners that once they stated before the Speaker, that resignation was voluntarily, there was no reason to conduct enquiry. However, they were unable to express the presence of BJP MLAs accompanying them. The Court stated that once the petitioners were elected as independent candidates, they had no relation of any kind with BJP, presence of BJP MLAs at the time of their tendering resignation might have created certain doubt in the mind of the Speaker regarding voluntariness or genuineness of the resignations.<\/p>\n

The Court stated that since provisions contained in Rule 287(2) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (‘the Rule’), reserved liberty to the Speaker to not accept the resignation immediately after receiving information that resignation was not voluntary or genuine, the Speaker was well within his right to conduct an inquiry. Thus, the Court opined that no time frame could be fixed by the Constitutional Court for the Speaker to decide the issue of resignation tendered by members of the Legislative Assembly\/Vidhan Sabha, if any, brought before him.<\/p>\n

Background<\/p>\n

In the present case, the petitioners, who were elected as Members of Legislative Assembly, submitted their resignations on 22-03-2024 to the Speaker, Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, thereby resigning from the Assembly with effect to force from 22-03-2024. However, since such request was not accepted immediately, and they were served with show cause notices, dated 27-03-2024, they approached the present Court, seeking direction to the Speaker to accept the resignations of the petitioners dated 22-03-2024.<\/p>\n

The Division Bench of the present Court had expressed difference of opinion vide two separate judgments dated 08-05-2024. The Division Bench agreed that the relief prayed for could not be granted. However, the only difference of opinion was whether timeframe could be issued to the Speaker of Legislative Assembly, to decide the issue of voluntariness\/genuineness of resignations of the petitioners. The Chief Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao held that no direction could be issued to the Speaker to take a decision on the resignation letter with the fixed time frame, whereas Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua had directed the Speaker to decide the resignation within a period of two weeks.<\/p>\n

Thus, the issue which fell for consideration before the present Court was whether the High Court while exercising the powers under Article 226<\/a> of the Constitution<\/a> could direct the speaker of Legislative Assembly to decide the issue of voluntariness or genuineness of the resignation submitted by the petitioners in time bound manner.<\/p>\n

Analysis, Law, and Decision<\/p>\n

The Court stated that though Article 190(3)(b)<\/a> of the Constitution<\/a> nowhere talked about specific timeframe for the Speaker to take decisions on the resignation, but Rule 287(2)(b) of the Rule provided that if a member personally handed over the resignation letter to the Speaker, and informed that his resignation was voluntary and genuine, the Speaker might accept the resignation immediately.<\/p>\n

The Court further stated that the word ‘may’ was used in Rule 287(2) of the Rules, meaning thereby that the Speaker after considering various circumstances, might or might not accept the resignations immediately. Though, Rule 287(2) of the Rule provided that if a member personally handed over the resignation letter to the Speaker and informed him that his resignation was voluntary and genuine to the Speaker, and the Speaker had no knowledge to the contrary, then subject to his satisfaction, he might accept the resignation immediately. However, if the word “shall” was used then the petitioners could have been right in contending that in the event of their having made themselves available in person to the Speaker, coupled with the statements made to him that they tendered their resignations voluntarily, the Speaker had no option but to accept the resignation letters immediately.<\/p>\n

The Court stated referred to Shrimath Balasaheb Patil<\/span> v. Speaker, Karnataka Legislative Assembly<\/span>, (2020) 2 SCC 595<\/a>, and stated that after the thirty-third Constitutional Amendment, 1974, it was mandatory for the Speaker to accept the resignation. Thus, merely addressing resignation to the Speaker would not lead to the seat automatically falling vacant, rather specific decision was required to be taken by the Speaker to accept or reject the resignation. The Court stated that the constitutional requirement of acceptance inheres in it an element of discretion to be exercised by the Speaker. The acceptance or non-acceptance of the resignation of a member was based on a satisfaction to be arrived at by the Speaker, depending on whether the resignation was voluntary and genuine.<\/p>\n

The Court observed that in the present case, it had been repeatedly claimed by the petitioners that once they themselves had stated before the Speaker, that they have tendered the resignation voluntarily, there was no reason to conduct enquiry. However, they were unable to express the presence of BJP MLAs accompanying them. The Court stated that once the petitioners were elected as independent candidates, they had no relation of any kind with BJP, presence of BJP MLAs at the time of their tendering resignation might have created certain doubt in the mind of the Speaker regarding voluntariness or genuineness of the resignations. If that was the case, the Speaker was well within his rights, in terms of provisions contained under Rule 287(2) of the Rule, for not accepting the resignations immediately and calling the petitioners by way of show cause notices to explain their position.<\/p>\n

The Court stated that since provisions contained in Rule 287(2) of the Rule, reserved liberty to the Speaker to not accept the resignation immediately after receiving information\/knowledge that resignation was not voluntary or genuine, the Speaker was well within his right to conduct an inquiry, which might not be a roving one, but certainly limited to the extent that resignation tendered was voluntary and genuine.<\/p>\n

Thus, the Court agreed with the view taken by the Chief Justice, that no time frame could be fixed by the Constitutional Court for the Speaker to decide the issue of resignation tendered by members of the Legislative Assembly\/Vidhan Sabha, if any, brought before him.<\/p>\n

[Hoshyar Singh Chambyal v. Speaker, Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 2024 SCC OnLine HP 2497<\/a>, decided on 14-06-2024<\/span>]<\/p>\n

*Judgment authored by- Justice Sandeep Sharma<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Advocates who appeared in this case :<\/p>\n

For the Petitioners:<\/span> Maninder Singh Senior Advocate with Anshul Bansal, Ajay Vaidya, Prabhas Bajaj, Shriyek Sharda and Rangasaran Mohan, Advocates;<\/p>\n

For the Respondents:<\/span> Kapil Sibal, Senior Advocate (through Video Conferencing) and Mr. K.S. Banyal, Senior Advocate with Rohit Sharma, Udya Singh Banyal, Aprajita Jamwal, Nikhil Purohit, Jatin lalwani and Rishabh Parikh, Advocates; Ankush Dass Sood, Senior Advocate with Arjun Lal, Advocate.<\/p>\n

Buy Constitution of India  HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"Constitution<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Speaker is an officer of the State Legislative Assembly, who presides and represents the House for all intents and purposes. Allegations of mala fide and arbitrary action, made against him cannot be accepted considering the high status of the office in a parliamentary system of democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67520,"featured_media":318873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[19471,36770,2929,66013,70156,21124,36647,70154,70155],"class_list":["post-324960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-constitution","tag-constitutional-court","tag-Himachal_Pradesh_High_Court","tag-himachal-pradesh-legislative-assembly","tag-legislative-assembly-members","tag-resignation","tag-speaker","tag-timeframe","tag-voluntariness"],"yoast_head":"\nConstitutional Courts cannot fix timeframe to decide voluntariness of resignation by Legislative Assembly members: HP HC | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Himachal Pradesh High Court stated that no timeframe could be fixed by the Constitutional Court for the Speaker to decide the issue of resignation tendered by members of the Legislative Assembly.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/24\/hp-hc-constitutional-courts-cannot-fix-timeframe-decide-voluntariness-of-resignation-legislative-assembly-members\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Constitutional Courts cannot fix timeframe to decide genuineness\/voluntariness of resignation tendered by Legislative Assembly members: Himachal Pradesh HC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Himachal Pradesh High Court stated that no timeframe could be fixed by the Constitutional Court for the Speaker to decide the issue of resignation tendered by members of the Legislative Assembly.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/24\/hp-hc-constitutional-courts-cannot-fix-timeframe-decide-voluntariness-of-resignation-legislative-assembly-members\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-24T05:30:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-26T06:29:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Himachal-Pradesh-High-Court.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"887\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"591\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arushi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Constitutional Courts cannot fix timeframe to decide genuineness\/voluntariness of resignation tendered by Legislative Assembly members: Himachal Pradesh HC\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arushi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/24\/hp-hc-constitutional-courts-cannot-fix-timeframe-decide-voluntariness-of-resignation-legislative-assembly-members\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/24\/hp-hc-constitutional-courts-cannot-fix-timeframe-decide-voluntariness-of-resignation-legislative-assembly-members\/\",\"name\":\"Constitutional Courts cannot fix timeframe to decide voluntariness of resignation by Legislative Assembly members: HP HC | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/24\/hp-hc-constitutional-courts-cannot-fix-timeframe-decide-voluntariness-of-resignation-legislative-assembly-members\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/24\/hp-hc-constitutional-courts-cannot-fix-timeframe-decide-voluntariness-of-resignation-legislative-assembly-members\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Himachal-Pradesh-High-Court.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-24T05:30:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-26T06:29:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ded7dcfe9a971ee0916ce27ee7c09c76\"},\"description\":\"Himachal Pradesh High Court stated that no timeframe could be fixed by the Constitutional Court for the Speaker to decide the issue of resignation tendered by members of the Legislative Assembly.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/24\/hp-hc-constitutional-courts-cannot-fix-timeframe-decide-voluntariness-of-resignation-legislative-assembly-members\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/24\/hp-hc-constitutional-courts-cannot-fix-timeframe-decide-voluntariness-of-resignation-legislative-assembly-members\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/24\/hp-hc-constitutional-courts-cannot-fix-timeframe-decide-voluntariness-of-resignation-legislative-assembly-members\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Himachal-Pradesh-High-Court.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Himachal-Pradesh-High-Court.webp\",\"width\":887,\"height\":591,\"caption\":\"Himachal Pradesh High Court\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/24\/hp-hc-constitutional-courts-cannot-fix-timeframe-decide-voluntariness-of-resignation-legislative-assembly-members\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Constitutional Courts cannot fix timeframe to decide genuineness\/voluntariness of resignation tendered by Legislative Assembly members: Himachal Pradesh HC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ded7dcfe9a971ee0916ce27ee7c09c76\",\"name\":\"Arushi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6b48b1199732c282ba60ff0b2a7076c33917ee6bd9aca6c333a92ceb8fcb6a3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6b48b1199732c282ba60ff0b2a7076c33917ee6bd9aca6c333a92ceb8fcb6a3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arushi\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/arushi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Constitutional Courts cannot fix timeframe to decide voluntariness of resignation by Legislative Assembly members: HP HC | SCC Times","description":"Himachal Pradesh High Court stated that no timeframe could be fixed by the Constitutional Court for the Speaker to decide the issue of resignation tendered by members of the Legislative Assembly.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/24\/hp-hc-constitutional-courts-cannot-fix-timeframe-decide-voluntariness-of-resignation-legislative-assembly-members\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Constitutional Courts cannot fix timeframe to decide genuineness\/voluntariness of resignation tendered by Legislative Assembly members: Himachal Pradesh HC","og_description":"Himachal Pradesh High Court stated that no timeframe could be fixed by the Constitutional Court for the Speaker to decide the issue of resignation tendered by members of the Legislative Assembly.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/24\/hp-hc-constitutional-courts-cannot-fix-timeframe-decide-voluntariness-of-resignation-legislative-assembly-members\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2024-06-24T05:30:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-06-26T06:29:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":887,"height":591,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Himachal-Pradesh-High-Court.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arushi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Constitutional Courts cannot fix timeframe to decide genuineness\/voluntariness of resignation tendered by Legislative Assembly members: Himachal Pradesh HC","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arushi","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/24\/hp-hc-constitutional-courts-cannot-fix-timeframe-decide-voluntariness-of-resignation-legislative-assembly-members\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/24\/hp-hc-constitutional-courts-cannot-fix-timeframe-decide-voluntariness-of-resignation-legislative-assembly-members\/","name":"Constitutional Courts cannot fix timeframe to decide voluntariness of resignation by Legislative Assembly members: HP HC | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/24\/hp-hc-constitutional-courts-cannot-fix-timeframe-decide-voluntariness-of-resignation-legislative-assembly-members\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/24\/hp-hc-constitutional-courts-cannot-fix-timeframe-decide-voluntariness-of-resignation-legislative-assembly-members\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Himachal-Pradesh-High-Court.webp","datePublished":"2024-06-24T05:30:44+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-26T06:29:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ded7dcfe9a971ee0916ce27ee7c09c76"},"description":"Himachal Pradesh High Court stated that no timeframe could be fixed by the Constitutional Court for the Speaker to decide the issue of resignation tendered by members of the Legislative Assembly.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/24\/hp-hc-constitutional-courts-cannot-fix-timeframe-decide-voluntariness-of-resignation-legislative-assembly-members\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/24\/hp-hc-constitutional-courts-cannot-fix-timeframe-decide-voluntariness-of-resignation-legislative-assembly-members\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/24\/hp-hc-constitutional-courts-cannot-fix-timeframe-decide-voluntariness-of-resignation-legislative-assembly-members\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Himachal-Pradesh-High-Court.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Himachal-Pradesh-High-Court.webp","width":887,"height":591,"caption":"Himachal Pradesh High Court"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/24\/hp-hc-constitutional-courts-cannot-fix-timeframe-decide-voluntariness-of-resignation-legislative-assembly-members\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Constitutional Courts cannot fix timeframe to decide genuineness\/voluntariness of resignation tendered by Legislative Assembly members: Himachal Pradesh HC"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ded7dcfe9a971ee0916ce27ee7c09c76","name":"Arushi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6b48b1199732c282ba60ff0b2a7076c33917ee6bd9aca6c333a92ceb8fcb6a3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6b48b1199732c282ba60ff0b2a7076c33917ee6bd9aca6c333a92ceb8fcb6a3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arushi"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/arushi\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Himachal-Pradesh-High-Court.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":228242,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/13\/madhya-pradesh-governor-had-the-constitutional-authority-to-order-floor-test-sc\/","url_meta":{"origin":324960,"position":0},"title":"Madhya Pradesh Governor had the Constitutional authority to order floor test: SC","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"April 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta, JJ has held that the Madhya Pradesh Governor was right in ordering floor test after the State Government lost majority. The bench said, \u201cin a situation where the Governor has reasons to believe that the Council of Ministers headed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":222020,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/11\/13\/breaking-karnataka-mlas-disqualification-case-sc-upholds-speakers-order-but-allows-disqualified-mlas-to-contest-by-elections\/","url_meta":{"origin":324960,"position":1},"title":"Karnataka MLAs Disqualification case: Read why SC ‘partly’ upheld Speaker’s order [Full Report]","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"November 13, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, Sanjiv Khanna, and Krishna Murari, JJ has upheld the speaker\u2019s orders dated 25.07.2019 and 28.07.2019 to the extent of the disqualification of the Petitioners but has set aside the part of order that said that disqualified members can\u2019t contest elections till the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":229410,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/05\/13\/governor-versus-speaker-a-constitutional-conundrum-and-tussle-for-power\/","url_meta":{"origin":324960,"position":2},"title":"Governor versus Speaker: A\u00a0Constitutional Conundrum and Tussle for Power\u00a0","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"May 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"by Swarnendu Chatterjee*","rel":"","context":"In "Op Eds"","block_context":{"text":"Op Eds","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/op-ed\/legal-analysis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/constitution-of-india-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/constitution-of-india-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/constitution-of-india-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/constitution-of-india-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/constitution-of-india-1.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":281106,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/01\/05\/public-interest-litigation-petitioner-sought-directions-issued-speaker-of-house-decision-resignation-tendered-91-member-legislative-assembly-september-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":324960,"position":3},"title":"[Congress MPs Mass Resignation] Rajasthan High Court seeks decision of Speaker of the House in 10 days","author":"Editor","date":"January 5, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Moot point for consideration in the case was to examine the total amount of time the Speaker of the House should take to discharge his statutory obligation. The Court granted 10 days\u2019 time to file a reply","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Rajasthan High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image40.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":282507,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/01\/27\/opposition-leader-of-legislative-assembly-rajasthan-sought-directions-to-issued-to-speaker-to-take-decision-on-the-resignation-tendered-by-91-mlas-legal-news-legal-research-updates\/","url_meta":{"origin":324960,"position":4},"title":"[Congress MPs Mass Resignation] Advocate General alleges all 91 MLAs have withdrawn their resignation applications; Rajasthan High Court directs them to be placed on record","author":"Editor","date":"January 27, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Court however, noted that neither the copies of the application for withdrawal of resignations nor the order of the Speaker refusing to accept the resignation were placed on record. In addition, the respondents did not even clarify as to what ought to be the fair and reasonable time for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Rajasthan High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image40.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":216950,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/07\/17\/breaking-speaker-free-to-decide-but-15-rebel-mlas-cant-be-forced-to-attend-the-trust-vote-sc\/","url_meta":{"origin":324960,"position":5},"title":"Karnataka Crisis| Speaker free to decide but 15 rebel MLAs can’t be forced to attend the Trust Vote: SC","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"July 17, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose, JJ has requested the Karnataka Speaker to decide on the resignations of 15 rebel congress MLAs as soon as possible but has said that the MLAs cannot be compelled to attend the Trust Vote tomorrow.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67520"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}