Letter to BS: HC dismisses pleas to disqualify Panneerselvam, 10 other MLAs

It is a surprise that the court has upheld the appointment of the three Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs unilaterally appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry

It is a surprise that the high court bench took so long to just say that the court cannot interfere in the powers of the Speaker and give its verdict in the case pertaining to the 10 AIADMK MLAs including Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, O Panneerselvam, who had voted against the AIADMK government. One wonders how the courts became aware only now that they cannot interfere in the matter of the Speaker after sitting on the verdict for so many months. It is a surprise that the court has upheld the appointment of the three Bharatiya Janata Party