The Delhi High Court today transferred to a division bench the pleas of AAP MLAs, seeking quashing of their disqualification from the Delhi Assembly for holding office of profit. Single judge bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru fixed the matter before the Acting Chief Justice tomorrow, who may either set up or refer it to an existing division bench. The petitions were filed by eight AAP MLAs challenging the Centre's notification, disqualifying 20 of them for holding an office of profit. On January 19, the poll panel had made the recommendation for the disqualification of the 20 legislators, which was given assent by the President. The EC had made the recommendation while deciding a plea by advocate Prashant Patel, seeking disqualification of 21 AAP MLAs for holding the office of parliamentary secretaries, which he had said amounted to office of profit.

Source: dna January 29, 2018 12:11 UTC