The Supreme Court has granted the Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly a final opportunity to make decisions on pending disqualification petitions against MLAs who switched from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) to the ruling Congress party. Justices Sanjay Karol and A.G. Masih directed the Speaker to resolve the remaining petitions within three weeks. Failure to do so may lead to contempt proceedings, as ordered by the Bench.
The apex court addressed contempt petitions due to non-compliance with its July 31, 2025, order, which gave the Speaker three months to decide on disqualification pleas against 10 BRS MLAs who allegedly moved to the Congress. Despite rejecting seven petitions last December, three cases are still pending. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi informed the court that progress had been made in one case, with decisions pending in the other two.
Acknowledging the progress in one case, the Supreme Court granted limited additional time. The dispute revolves around the defection of 10 BRS MLAs, including prominent names like Danam Nagender, Kadiyam Srihari, Pocharam Srinivas Reddy, and Tellam Venkat Rao, who joined the Congress in 2023 after it regained power in Telangana. The Court had previously instructed the Speaker to expedite the disqualification process within three months, overturning a Telangana High Court ruling that had rejected imposing a time limit on the Speaker.
