Rajasthan Assembly

SC to hear plea challenging merger of 6 BSP Rajasthan MLAs with Congress today

The six MLAs had contested and won the 2018 Assembly election on BSP tickets but they defected to Congress in September 2019

Six Rajasthan BJP MLAs shifted to Gujarat’s Porbandar ahead of 14 August Assembly session: Sources

State BJP chief Satish Poonia denied these claims, adding that all lawmakers are united and will attend a legislature party meet soon (edited)

Rajasthan governor Kalraj Mishra issues order to convene Assembly session from 14 August

Mishra also directed that all measures should be taken during the conduct of the Assembly Session to prevent the spread of COVID-19

Rajasthan governor Kalraj Mishra calls for Assembly session, asks state government to provide 21-day notice

Earlier, the Rajasthan governor had not heeded to the request of the Congress government to urgently convene an Assembly session

Rajasthan guv 'under pressure' to delay session, says Gehlot; Congres MLAs raise slogans at Raj Bhawan

Gehlot said that the Rajasthan government had requested the Governor Kalraj Mishra to call a session, but he had not yet issued the order.

Rajasthan political crisis: HC tells Speaker to maintain status quo on disqualification of Sachin Pilot, 18 MLAs till Monday

The high court refrained from interfering in the decision to disqualify Sachin Pilot and 18 other MLAs and will only decide whether the notice issued by the Speaker was right

'Dissenting voice in democracy cannot be shut down', SC allows Rajasthan HC to pass verdict on Sachin Pilot's plea

Rajasthan Speaker challenged the HC order which said the verdict on the petition filed by the 19 MLAs, including Pilot, challenging the disqualification notices will be pronounced on 24 July

Brief Rajasthan Assembly likely this week, claim Congress sources; two BTP MLAs extend support

When the power tussle between Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and recently-sacked deputy Sachin Pilot had re-surfaced, the BTP earlier said it would remain neutral

Rajasthan HC restricts Speaker from taking action against Sachin Pilot, 18 MLAs till Tuesday

The court issued the order while adjourning the hearing in the petition challenging the disqualification notice issued to them by the Rajasthan Assembly Speaker to 20 July

Disqualification notice to Sachin Pilot, 18 MLAs: What previous judgments, laws say on Speaker's powers

The Constitution gives exclusive jurisdiction to the Speaker to rule on disqualifications for defection, and often courts have been very cautious in intervening in such matters