Supreme Court refuses to stay Rajasthan HC proceedings on Pilot’s petition

The Supreme Court has refused to restrain the Rajasthan High Court from passing an order on the pleas of Sachin Pilot and the group of dissident MLAs over the disqualification notices issued to them.

Supreme Court has deferred the hearing into Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi’s petition for Monday.

“Voice of dissent in a democracy cannot be shut down”, the Supreme Court said on Thursday as it questioned Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi on the reasons for initiating disqualification proceedings against 19 dissident Congress MLAs, including sacked deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot.

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Update by Ayesha Rahman

News source: India Today