Upping his ante against the Sachin Pilot camp, Rajasthan Speaker C.P. Joshi on Wednesday moved to the Supreme Court to stay disqualification proceeding against Pilot and 18 rebel MLAs.
In his petition, Joshi said that to decide whether nonattendance of meeting and criticism of the original party constituted grounds for disqualification or not, were for the sole consideration of the Speaker and he has not yet decided on particular facts and circumstances of each petitioner on a case-to-case basis. Earlier, the Rajasthan High Court had ordered to take no action against Pilot camp till further proceedings.
The petition also said that it was inadvisable for the High Court to embark upon on such a fact-finding expedition in its writ jurisdiction and urged the SC to ensure that the HC does not cross the ‘Lakshman Rekha’ drawn by the top court in Kihito case which decisively barred judicial interference in pending disqualification proceedings.