New Delhi: In a breather to five legislators of the Haryana Janhit Congress-Bhajan Lal party, the Supreme Court Wednesday stayed a high court order on their temporary disqualification from the assembly.
The legislators, who sought to merge their party’s legislative wing with the Congress, faced temporary disqualification after the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s order. The high court also directed the assembly speaker to decide their fate.
The apex court bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice S.S. Nijjar suspended the operation of all high court orders.
The judges also suspended the operation of the high court’s interim order which put on hold the Nov 9, 2009 decision of the speaker accepting the merger of the Haryana Janhit Congress-Bhajan Lal (HJC-BL) with the ruling Congress.
The apex court issued notice to Kuldip Bishnoi, president of the HJC-BL, who approached the speaker seeking the disqualification of the five legislators.
The court also directed making the Election Commission of India as a respondent. The case would come up next Feb 15. (IANS)