{"id":56583,"date":"2019-07-04T13:32:21","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T08:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=56583"},"modified":"2019-07-04T13:32:21","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T08:02:21","slug":"court-declines-plea-seeking-disqualification-of-mla-alpesh-thakor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-declines-plea-seeking-disqualification-of-mla-alpesh-thakor","title":{"rendered":"Court Declines Plea Seeking Disqualification of MLA Alpesh Thakor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday declined to hear a petition moved by the Congress seeking a direction to Assembly speaker Rajendra Trivedi to take a prompt decision on disqualification of its legislator Alpesh Thakor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-42.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" data-attachment-id=\"56584\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-declines-plea-seeking-disqualification-of-mla-alpesh-thakor\/download-42\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-42.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" 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=\"download (42)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-42.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-56584\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-42.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-42.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-42.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Speaking to media persons, Assistant government pleader Utkarsh Sharma said: \u201cThe petition, which was moved by the Congress party, was rejected by the honourable high court. 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