Appeal against HC setting aside termination of 4 JD(U) MLAs

The Bihar Assembly today filed an appeal in the Patna High Court against the order of a single bench restoring the membership of four rebel JD(U) MLAs.
The appeal was filed by senior Advocate Y V Giri on behalf of Secretary of Legislative Assembly Hareram Mukhiya.
A single bench of Justice Jyoti Sharan had on January 6 set aside the termination of four rebel JD(U) MLAs Gyanendra Singh Gyanu, Rahul Sharma, Neeraj Kumar Bablu, Ravindra Rai by Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary on November 1 last year for alleged anti-pary activities including cross-voting in the bypoll for two Rajya Sabha seats in middle of last year.

Buoyed by the judgement, four others who were disqualified in December on similar charges also filed a plea in the court on Wednesday last challenging the Bihar Speaker's order but the ruling party said it was considering action against more legislators.
The four MLAs-- Ajit Kumar (Kanti), Raju Kumar Singh (Sahebganj), Suresh Chanchal (Sakra) and Poonam Devi (Digha)-- were disqualified by Uday Narayan Chaudhary on December 27 under anti-defection law.
Giri told PTI that in the appeal it has been urged that the matter should be seen properly in the light of 10th schedule of the Constitution and earlier ruling of the Supreme Court in similar instances.