Overview
- Petitioners moved the Supreme Court alleging the Telangana Speaker failed to decide disqualification pleas against 10 BRS MLAs within the three-month window set on July 31.
- The Chief Justice agreed to list the contempt plea for hearing on November 17 after counsel said no substantive proceedings had occurred since the order.
- Counsel claimed respondents were trying to stall until the end of the month, and CJI B R Gavai replied that the Supreme Court will continue to function after his retirement.
- The writ petitions were filed by BRS leaders K T Rama Rao, Padi Kaushik Reddy, and K O Vivekanand, and concern MLAs who defected to the ruling Congress.
- According to filings reported from Hyderabad, the Speaker issued notices on September 24, concluded hearings in some cases, set further dates for November 12–13, and sought a four-week extension from the court.