Supreme Court rebukes CM Revanth Over Statement Made In Assembly

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday rebuked Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy over his statement made in the state Assembly, saying he was making mockery of the anti-defection law.

The Chief Minister had stated that there would be no by-elections even if the MLAs of the opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) defect to the ruling Congress.

"If this is said on the floor of the house, your Hon’ble CM is making a mockery of the 10th Schedule," the bench of Justices BR Gavai and AG Masih, slamming the Chief Minister while hearing petitions filed by BRS leaders, seeking disqualification of BRS MLAs who defected to Congress last year.

BRS MLA P Kaushik Reddy had filed the petition seeking the disqualification of MLAs T Venkata Rao, Danam Nagender, and Kadiyam Srihari for defecting to the Congress after winning the election on BRS tickets.

The Telangana High Court, in November last year, directed the Speaker of the Telangana Assembly to decide on the disqualification petitions within a ‘reasonable time’.