Dimapur, July 8 (MExN): The NPCC today said that the Supreme Court of India is slated to hear the case involving the disqualification of 8 erstwhile Congress MLAs from Nagaland on July 18. The case was heard by a bench headed by Justice Anil L Dave and L Nageshwara Rao today (July 8) where the defendants’ plea for shifting the matter to the Guwahati High Court was rejected, NPCC President K Therie maintained in a press statement. Since the Speaker of Nagaland had delivered his judgment based on Guwahati High Court, the bench replied that even if the matter is sent back there, it would simply revert back again to the apex court, it added. Sr. Advocate Salman Khurshid, who represented the petitioner (NPCC) said that “this is exactly what I have been pleading,” NPCC said.
“It would be nothing more than a waste of time.” The case pertains to a special leave petition in the Supreme Court filed by the NPCC in February challenging NLA Speaker’s rejection of the disqualification petition against eight Congress MLAs.
