Supreme Court to hear appeal of Rajasthan Speaker against High Court order on Thursday

A three-judge bench of Supreme Court will on Thursday hear the appeal of Rajasthan Assembly speaker CP Joshi against the stay order of Rajasthan High Court that asked the Speaker to not take action against them till July 24.

The stay order was passed on a petition by Sachin Pilot and 18 other MLAs.

Joshi has said that he has filed Special Leave Petition (SLP) in Supreme Court to avoid contradiction between decisions of Speaker and court.

"My effort was to respect the Rajasthan High Court's order that's why I extended hearing for July 21 when the court asked. Yesterday, the court asked me to wait till July 24 and I respected that too. Since the matter is in court, the Speaker can not proceed further. I have filed a Special Leave Petition in Supreme Court to avoid contradiction between decisions of Speaker and court," CP Joshi told .

Joshi approached the Supreme Court against the interim order passed by the Rajasthan High Court on the petition filed by Sachin Pilot and MLAs from his camp against the disqualification notices issued against them.

Joshi, in his SLP, said that the impugned interim order has interdicted and restrained the Speaker from calling of replies and conducting hearing of the disqualification proceedings pending against the respondents till July 24.

Pilot has also filed a caveat in the Supreme Court to ensure that no orders are passed on Joshi's petition against High Court interim orders without hearing him and his supporting MLAs.

A caveat is a notice seeking that certain actions may not be taken without informing the person who gave the notice.

Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi had sent notices to Pilot and 18 MLAs under the anti-defection law after chief's whip application for their disqualification.

( With inputs from ANI )