January 19, 2018: The Delhi High Court today refused to pass any interim order of protection to AAP MLAs, whose names have been recommended for disqualification as legislators by the Election Commission of India for holding office of profit.
The ECI is understood to have recommended to the President the disqualification of 20 legislators who were appointed as Parliamentary Secretaries by the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi.
The court asked the ECI to inform it by January 22 whether any final communication has been sent to the President Ram Nath Kovind on the disqualification of the MLAs. Justice Rekha Palli made it clear that she was not inclined to pass any order or issue notice and asked the ECI to clarify the queries raised by her.
However, during the brief hearing, the judge questioned
the conduct of the MLAs before the ECI and said they did appear before the poll panel taking shield of the fact that their pleas were pending in the high court.
These legislators had filed the application in the pending petition in which they had challenged the ECI’s stand to examine a petition against them. (AIR News)
