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Telangana High Court Issues Notices to Seven MLAs and Speaker in BRS Defection Case

The bench will hear a combined challenge to the Speaker’s dismissals under the anti-defection law on April 16.

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Overview

  • The Telangana High Court issued notices to seven MLAs and to Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar in the BRS defection cases and set a joint hearing for April 16.
  • The bench also notified Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender in a separate plea that seeks to overturn the Speaker’s March 11 refusal to disqualify him.
  • Petitioners led by BJP floor leader Aleti Maheshwar Reddy argue that contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha race on a Congress ticket shows the MLAs quit the BRS and want disqualification from April 23, 2024 with recovery of pay and perks.
  • Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar had dismissed all ten disqualification bids between December 2025 and March 11, 2026 for lack of cogent proof that the MLAs joined Congress.
  • The dispute turns on how the anti-defection law works, since the Speaker rules first but courts can review, and the outcome could reshape Assembly numbers and expose lawmakers to clawbacks.