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Government has been reduced tant Constitutional issues raised Rohtagi argued that the to minority and the Speaker by by the 15 rebel Karnataka Speaker cannot keep the resig- not accepting their resignations Congress and Janata Dal (S) nation of these MLAs pending has attempted coercing them to MLAs as well State Chief and by doing so he is acting in vote for the Government in the Minister HD Kumaraswamy a partisan manner. trust vote. !"# and Assembly Speaker KR Countering his submis- Disqualification proceed- Ramesh Kumar. sions, Singhvi told the Bench ing is a mini-trial under the *12314 5 flight landed in Delhi around The issues before the SC that Speakers cannot be asked Constitution’s 10th Schedule, 7 am in the morning,” an Air are following: a) pleas of the to decide the matter in a time- said Rohatgi, adding that res- n a big relief to Indian and India official said. rebel MLAs for direction to bound manner. ignation is different and its Iinternational airlines, Welcoming Pakistan’s deci- Speaker Kumar to accept their “How can the Speaker be acceptance is based on a single Pakistan on Tuesday opened its sion, Air India said its opera- resignation from the Assembly; directed to decide in a partic- criterion alone — whether it is airspace for all civilian air traf- tion costs for one-way US and b) Kumaraswamy contention ular manner?” Singhvi asked voluntary or not. fic, lifting nearly five-month- Europe-bound flights are like- that the SC had no jurisdiction the court. “Such orders are not There is nothing to show long ban that was imposed after ly to come down by 20 lakh to pass the two interim orders passed even to a trial court.” the rebel MLAs conspired with the Balakot air strikes. and 5 lakh, respectively while asking the Speaker to decide He also said a valid resig- the BJP, the senior advocate The move will give relief to IndiGo, India’s largest airline by and, later, to maintain the sta- nation should be submitted to said. The disqualification pro- international airlines as well as domestic market share, stated tus quo on the resignations and the Speaker personally; the ceeding was nothing but to Air India, which suffered a that it is “pleased” with the disqualification of the rebel MLAs appeared before him scuttle resignation of MLAs, he huge financial loss of around opening of Pakistan airspace MLAs; C) Speaker’s plea to the only on July 11, five days after said. He also told the court that 491 crore as it had to re-route and its flights flying via court to modify its earlier they submitted their resigna- the disqualification proceed- its various international flights Pakistan “will operate as nor- order directing him to main- tions to his office. ings were initiated for not due to the closure of the mal after all regulatory clear- tain status quo in the ongoing The rebel MLAs told the being a disciplined soldier of Pakistan airspace. ances”. political crisis in the State. ! " # $" court that the Speaker kept the party and for not attending Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Following Pakistan’s move, A Bench headed by Chief %&# ( ) * *+ their resignation pending just meetings outside the House. Authority issued a notice to air- India also issued a “revised Justice Ranjan Gogoi on to disqualify them and there The Bench further asked if men (NOTAM) around 12.41 NOTAM”, announcing that Tuesday concluded hearing on despite the whip of the ruling Kumaraswamy also told Speaker was yet to decide on was nothing wrong in resign- all the disqualification pleas are am Indian Standard Time, stat- normal air traffic operations the pleas of the rebel MLAs, the coalition which, he said, has the SC that the rebel MLAs the resignation and disqualifi- ing to escape disqualification. on same grounds, to which ing that “with immediate effect have resumed between the two Speaker and Kumaraswamy. been reduced to minority were hunting in a pack to cation of rebel MLAs and the Rohatgi submitted before Rohatgi replied “more or less Pakistan airspace is open for all countries. Appearing for the 15 Government. destabilise his Government court had ample power to pun- the Bench that the Speaker can same”. type of civil traffic on published “Consequent to Pakistan MLAs, senior advocate Mukul Senior advocate Rajeev and the court should not have ish them. be directed to decide on the He had also told the court ATS (air traffic service) routes”. issuing NOTAM to lift all air- Rohatgi asked the Bench to Dhavan, appearing for entertained their petitions. The Speaker urged the resignation of the MLAs by 2 that the Speaker has to only see After lifting of the ban, Air space restrictions, relevant continue with its interim order Kumaraswamy, told the Bench Senior advocate AM apex court to modify its earli- pm and he can take a call on if the resignations were volun- India flights AI 184 as well as authorities have informed that directing the Speaker to main- that the Speaker cannot be Singhvi, appearing for the er order directing him to main- their disqualification later. tary or not. “Resignation has to AI 784 — coming from San India has also issued revised tain status quo on the issue of compelled to decide this issue Speaker, told the Bench that no tain status quo in the ongoing The Bench asked Rohatgi be accepted, there is no other Francisco — were among the NOTAM immediately there- resignation and disqualification in a time-bound manner. direction was issued to the political crisis in the State even if there was any Constitutional way to deal with it,” Rohatgi first flights by an Indian carri- after. With this, normal air traf- of the MLAs. “When resignation process is Karnataka Speaker by the court as the rebel MLAs accused obligation on the Speaker to told the court. er to pass through Pakistan air- fic operations have resumed The counsel for the rebel not in order, the court cannot in the midnight hearing when him of acting in a partisan decide on the MLAs’ disqual- “It is my fundamental right space on Tuesday. through all Flight Information MLAs also asked the Bench direct Speaker to decide by 6 floor test was ordered and BS manner by not deciding on ification which was initiated to do whatever I want to do and “The pilot on AI 184 came Regions between India and that if the House assembles for pm,” he told the Bench, also Yedurappa was invited to form their resignations. after the resignation. cannot be bound due to non- to know about the opening of Pakistan,” a Government business, the 15 rebel MLAs be comprising Justices Deepak the Government last year. Singhvi said the Speaker Rohatgi said the rules say acceptance of resignation by Pakistan airspace while en- source told PTI. exempted from appearing on Gupta and Aniruddha Bose. He told the Bench that the would decide on both disqual- to “decide now” on resignation. speaker,” submitted Rohatgi. route from San Francisco. The Continued on Page 4 $ % % &'( ! #-- . * 676-5 O ! *' n a second major rain-relat- "# 1 ' Ied mishap in Maharashtra in L M ! *12314 5 a little over a fortnight, at least ' " '( ( 11 persons were killed and "" ( ) day after resigning from eight others injured when a 2 2' Athe Samajwadi Party and 100-year-old dilapidated four- the Rajya Sabha, Neeraj storey building collapsed at && *12314 5 Shekhar, son of former Prime the congested Dongi locality in !!#$ Minister Chandra Shekhar, on south Mumbai. " rime Minister Narendra Tuesday joined the BJP in the Indications available late on '" (" PModi on Tuesday came presence of its general secre- Tuesday suggested that the toll *+ down hard on the Central Opposition and give clarifica- taries Bhupendra Yadav and in the mishap might go up as , Ministers who skipped their tions as and when required. Anil Jain. about 40 persons are feared " Parliament duty and sought a Opposition leaders are under- According to sources, trapped under the debris of the L "M list of the absentee Ministers. stood to have conveyed to the Neeraj may be fielded by the ill-fated building. Teams of the L"M Addressing the BJP Government about the absence BJP from Uttar Pradesh for a National Disaster Response ) Parliamentary Party meeting, of Ministers at regular intervals. RS seat. Neeraj had been con- Force (NDRF) and Mumbai the Prime Minister indicated Setting goals till 2025, the testing Lok Sabha polls from Fire Brigade continued their that the Parliament session, Prime Minister said his his father’s pocket borough search and rescue operations %%& slated to conclude on July 26, Government would target Ballia and won twice in 2007 till late in the night. !!#$ (( could be extended if required humanitarian issues like lep- and 2009, but lost in 2014. The 80-year-old Kesarbai - for legislative purposes. rosy, TB or disability and asked The SP then sent him to building — which in July last Modi asked MPs and all MPs to work on a mission the Rajya Sabha.

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