SC quashes PIL on T-MLAs' resignation

New Delhi, Feb 1: The Supreme Court on Monday quashed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to Andhra Pradesh Speaker Kiran Kumar Reddy to either accept or decide on the resignation of over 139 legislators on the Telangana issue.A division bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices J M Panchal and Deepak Verma said the petitioner M Narayana Reddy, a former MP had no locus standi in the issue.

The apex court opined there was no public interest involved in the issue as claimed by the petitioner."Who are you? It is very strange. You are not an MLA or MP. What are you? What is the PIL? Who gave you the right to file petition," the bench grilled Narayana Reddy while dismissing the PIL.The 139 MLAs, cutting across party lines submitted their resignation to the Assembly Speaker on December 10 and 23 last year, are named as petitioners in the matter.