The Supreme Court on Monday stayed proceedings initiated by Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P. Dhanapal for disqualification of three AIADMK MLAs for “anti-party activities” by supporting rival T.T.V. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi also issued notice to the Assembly Speaker. Kalaiselvan and E. Rathinasabapathy, had approached the Supreme Court to restrain the Speaker from acting on a disqualification notice for anti-party activities issued in their name, in view of their endorsement of T.T.V. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the Speaker, objected the MLAs coming straight to the apex court barely after the Speaker’s notice to them. The Assembly Speaker had on April 29 issued a notice to three “dissident” AIADMK MLAs including A. Prabhu for supporting Mr. Dhinakaran, who along with V.K.

Source: The Hindu May 06, 2019 06:33 UTC