IMPHAL, June 16: The next hearing of the disqualification case against five MLAs of Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP), who joined the Congress party, has been fixed on July 20 by the Speaker`™s tribunal court of Manipur Legislative Assembly.
The petition was filed in the Speaker`™s tribunal court seeking disqualification of the five MLAs under the Tenth Schedule of Indian Constitution. The five MLAs had contested from their respective constituencies with MSCP`™s tickets and elected to the 10th Manipur Legislative Assembly but later joined the Congress.
As scheduled, hearing of the disqualification case no 1 of 2014 was conducted in the Speaker`™s tribunal court today.
During the hearing, the petitioner of the case was represented by his counsel S Yaima while the respondents were represented by their counsel S Gunabanta Meitei.
The petitioner of the case had filed a petition in the court on June 15 pleading to give certain amount of time so that he could give parawise comment/reply to the documents/affidavit filed by the respondents in connection with the case.
During the hearing, the respondents of the case also requested the court to grant a reasonable time so as to enable them to give reply to the document/affidavit filed by the petitioner.
After hearing all the statements and taking consent of both the two sides, the Speaker`™s tribunal court fixed the next hearing of the disqualification case on July 20.