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A very big and important news related to Indian politics, political corridors of West Bengal and judiciary is coming out. The country’s highest court, the Supreme Court of India, has clearly refused to hear the petition demanding disqualification of the rebel MLAs, giving a major blow to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) faction led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The Supreme Court has advised the petitioner to directly approach the Calcutta High Court regarding this matter. Amidst this political turmoil and legal maneuvers, the eyes of the entire country have once again turned to the politics of Bengal. Let us know in detail what the Supreme Court has said in this matter and what is this entire legal dispute related to the rebel MLAs of Trinamool Congress.
Supreme Court disposed of the petition, gave strict advice to go to Calcutta High Court
Chief Justice during the hearing held in the Supreme Court on Thursday Surya Kant and justice Joymaly Bagchi The bench refused to consider the petition filed by TMC leader Shobhandeb Chattopadhyay, seeking direction to the West Bengal Assembly Speaker to give his decision on the petitions seeking disqualification of rebel MLAs as soon as possible.
Understanding the seriousness of the matter, the Supreme Court bench disposed of the petition and gave the liberty to the petitioner to approach the Calcutta High Court to present his views. The court clarified in its order that the judicial process has its own rules and stages, and such cases should be initiated from the lower courts or the concerned High Court.
Request to Chief Justice of High Court to list the case before the Division Bench
The Supreme Court did not limit itself to merely dismissing the petition or refusing to hear it, but in view of the importance of the case, has also made a special request to the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court. The Supreme Court said that they urge the Chief Justice of the High Court to list this entire matter for hearing before a Division Bench with immediate effect and to take a decision on it as soon as possible without any unnecessary delay.
During the hearing, the lawyer representing petitioner Shobhandeb Chattopadhyay argued that these disqualification petitions against the rebel MLAs were filed on July 8 this year, but even after a long time of more than five months, no decision has been taken by the Speaker of the Assembly. Commenting on this, Justice Joymalya Bagchi said, “We understand the full sensitivity of your point, but just because you want to be heard before your turn, you cannot approach the Supreme Court directly and every case should not be brought here.”
What is the whole matter? TMC MLAs changing sides and opposition leader’s dispute
This entire political turmoil started in the politics of West Bengal at a time when there was a major rift within TMC. On July 8 this year, disqualification petitions were filed against several dissident and rebel MLAs of the Trinamool Congress—the prominent names being Ritabrata Banerjee, Firhad Hakim, Arup Roy, Sandipan Saha, Akhruzzaman Ansari, Shiuli Saha, Sabina Yasmin, Biplab Mitra, Javed Khan and Rathin Ghosh. There is a serious allegation against all these rebel leaders that after winning the assembly elections on the party ticket, they have changed sides and joined another group.
Due to this political turmoil, there was a tremendous tussle regarding leadership within the assembly. The Mamata Banerjee-led faction had named Shobhandeb Chattopadhyay as ‘Leader of Opposition’ in the House, but the West Bengal Assembly Speaker officially recognized rebel MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of Opposition and appointed another rebel MLA as Chief Whip. Petitions have already been filed against this decision in the Calcutta High Court, where the court had refused to give any immediate interim intervention on the decision of the Assembly Speaker. The rebel group also claims that out of the total TMC MLAs in the West Bengal Assembly, at least 58 MLAs are standing in their support. Now it remains to be seen whether and when the Division Bench of Calcutta High Court will give its verdict on this politically and legally complex matter.