AdvertisingHowever, the numbers will reduce only when the resignations are accepted by the Speaker or if the rebels are disqualified. There is no inflexible rule,” the bench told senior counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi who appeared for the Speaker. Singhvi had told the bench that the court should not have given such a direction. He asked if the court would not give more time to the Speaker to decide on the resignations. On the court’s jurisdiction, Singhvi said, “Your lordships have never done it before.

Source: Indian Express July 16, 2019 23:03 UTC