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Disqualified AAP MLAs move Delhi High Court

A number of disqualified AAP MLAs on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court challenging a notification disqualifying them on the…

IANS | New Delhi | January 23, 2018 12:03 pm

Disqualified AAP MLAs move Delhi High Court

A number of disqualified AAP MLAs on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court challenging a notification disqualifying them on the ground of holding ‘office of profit’ as Parliamentary Secretaries.

The Aam Aadmi Party MLAs mentioned the matter before a Division Bench headed by Justice S. Ravinder Bhat seeking quashing of the notification and got it listed for hearing on Wednesday.

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Earlier, the Election Commission had recommended to President Ram Nath Kovind to disqualify 20 AAP legislators for allegedly holding offices of profit.

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