Abhishek Banerjee seeks SC direction on disqualification of 20 TMC MPsAbhishek Banerjee has approached the Supreme Court seeking an urgent decision from the Speaker. The plea concerns the disqualification of t...
24 Aug, 2026, 06.55 PM IST
TMC to move Supreme Court against rebel Lok Sabha MPs; disqualification petitions to be filed in 7-10 daysThe Trinamool Congress is gearing up to submit disqualification petitions targeted at rebel Lok Sabha MPs who have aligned themselves with ...
13 Aug, 2026, 06.33 PM IST
SC agrees to hear Kapil Sibal's plea on anti-defection law merger clauseThe Supreme Court will hear Kapil Sibal's plea on the Tenth Schedule's interpretation. This plea questions how party mergers allow MLAs and...
27 Jul, 2026, 01.51 PM IST
Om Birla clears merger of six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs with Shinde-led SenaLok Sabha Speaker Om Birla approved the merger of six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs. These parliamentarians now formally join the Eknath Shinde-led S...
18 Jul, 2026, 08.00 PM IST
Six Uddhav Sena MPs jump ship to sail to NDA shores, party seeks actionSix Shiv Sena UBT Lok Sabha members have moved towards the NDA. They did not attend a party meeting called by parliamentary leadership. The...
19 Jun, 2026, 12.11 AM IST
From Rs 75 in cash to the Lok Sabha spotlight: The obscure party at the centre of the TMC rebellionAn unknown political party, the Nationalist Citizens Party of India, is now central to national politics. Twenty Trinamool Congress MPs ann...
16 Jun, 2026, 11.52 AM IST
No legal provision of a 'separate group' inside Parliament: MP Sagarika Ghose amid TMC rebellionTMC Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose said rebel MPs and MLAs cannot legally function as a separate group within Parliament or assemblies while...
15 Jun, 2026, 02.22 PM IST
Rebel TMC MPs explore merger with NDA ally, seek separate seatingA major split has rocked the Trinamool Congress. Twenty Lok Sabha MPs have joined the Nationalist Citizens Party of India. They will now su...
15 Jun, 2026, 12.24 AM IST
BJD urges Odisha Assembly Speaker to disqualify 8 MLAs for cross-voting in Rajya Sabha electionsThe Biju Janata Dal has petitioned the Odisha Assembly Speaker to disqualify eight of its MLAs. These legislators are accused of anti-party...
27 Apr, 2026, 05.42 PM IST
No proposal to amend anti-defection law: Govt in Lok SabhaNo consensus on amending the law was reached at a meeting of presiding officers held here in July last year chaired by Lok Sabha Speaker Om...
28 Jul, 2023, 06.43 PM IST
Jurisdiction lies with speaker: HC lets Jaipur resident intervene in Sachin Pilot caseMohan Lal Nama moved the court seeking to be a respondent to the petitions. Nama, through his lawyers Vimal Choudhary and Yogesh Tailor, ob...
22 Jul, 2020, 07.06 AM IST
Experts differ over timing of anti-defection law coming into forceAfter the sudden twist early in the morning, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said the decision to back Fadnavis was his nephew Ajit Pawar's personal...
23 Nov, 2019, 07.23 PM IST
As BJP goes after Ahmed Patel, Congress tries to checkmate rebel MLAs in GujaratSinghvi accused BJP top leadership and party president Amit Shah of “trying to lure away party MLAs by deploying money power and muscle pow...
29 Jul, 2017, 01.02 AM IST
Legislators defect to TRS; Telangana Opposition to seek judicial interventionHounded by the 'unprecedented political manoeuvres' of the TRS, opposition parties are now preparing to knock on the doors of the courts.
11 Feb, 2016, 11.19 AM IST
Jammu and Kashmir law does not allow defectionsJammu and Kashmir has its own anti-defection law, different from the national law, that prevents the elected representatives from defying t...
28 Dec, 2014, 05.22 PM IST
- Constitution bench to decide Amar expulsion
SC has ruled that no action should be taken against expelled Samajwadi Party MPs Amar Singh and Jaya Prada under the provisions of the anti...
16 Nov, 2010, 04.42 AM IST
- Anti-defection case: SC relief for Amar Singh, Jaya Prada
Giving relief to expelled Samajwadi Party MPs Amar Singh and Jaya Prada, the Supreme Court directed that no action shall be taken against u...
15 Nov, 2010, 01.31 PM IST