Sachin Pilot has been sacked as Rajasthan deputy chief minister and state Congress chief
Rajasthan Speaker CP Joshi has reversed his decision of not going to court over the issue of disqualification of Congress rebel Sachin Pilot. Just two days after withdrawing the petition challenging the Rajasthan High Court's interim order of maintaining a status quo -- which he claimed is helping Mr Pilot -- Mr Joshi was back in the top court again. Late this evening, he filed another petition on the same lines.
On July 24, the High Court had put a temporary freeze on the disqualification petitions against 19 rebel MLAs, which included Mr Pilot. The court said status quo should be maintained till the Supreme Court took a call on the broader issue of the Speaker's powers.
This time, the Speaker has asked the top court to rein-in the "indiscipline " of the High Court, which he said, was violating the Supreme Court's Kihito Hollohan judgment.
The 1992 judgment had settled a constitutional challenge to the Tenth Schedule, also known as the anti-Defection law. Adopted in 1985, the law gives the Speaker sweeping discretionary powers, which was upheld by the top court.
