{"id":40578,"date":"2015-12-22T18:28:15","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T12:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40578"},"modified":"2015-12-23T03:33:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T22:03:47","slug":"disqualified-mla-challenges-speakers-decision-in-gauhati-hc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/disqualified-mla-challenges-speakers-decision-in-gauhati-hc","title":{"rendered":"Disqualified MLA challenges Speaker&#8217;s decision in Gauhati HC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37822\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37822\" style=\"width: 278px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Gauhati-High-Court.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37822\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37822\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pil-against-arunachal-for-misuse-of-central-funds\/gauhati-high-court-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Gauhati-High-Court.jpg?fit=278%2C182&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"278,182\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gauhati High Court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Gauhati-High-Court.jpg?fit=278%2C182&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37822 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Gauhati-High-Court.jpg?resize=278%2C182&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Disqualified MLA challenges Speaker's decision in Gauhati HC\" width=\"278\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Disqualified MLA challenges Speaker&#8217;s decision in Gauhati HC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A disqualified MLA of Assam today filed a petition in the Gauhati High Court challenging Legislative Assembly Speaker Pranab Kumar Gogoi&#8217;s decision to expel him as a member of the House for joining another party.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Hrishikesh Roy, after hearing the petition, issued notice to the respondents and fixed the next day of hearing for the case on February eight, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Pradan Baruah challenged the decision of the Speaker on the ground that once a member is expelled from the party it loses the right to invoke the provisions of anti-defectionlaw against the expelled member.<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker had yesterday disqualified nine rebelCongress MLAs, including Baruah, from the membership of the House with immediate effect for joining oppositionBJP after being elected from another party.<\/p>\n<p>The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee had already expelled these MLAs from the primary memberships in November this year.<\/p>\n<p>Congress chief whip Nilamani Sen Deka had filed a complaint with the Speaker on December one for disqualification of the members.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A disqualified MLA of Assam today filed a petition in the Gauhati High Court challenging Legislative Assembly Speaker Pranab Kumar Gogoi&#8217;s decision to expel him as a member of the House for joining another party. 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