Supreme Court refuses urgent hearing on plea of disqualified Karnataka MLAs
New Delhi: In a setback to the disqualified Karnataka MLAs, the Supreme Court on Monday refused urgent hearing to their plea against their disqualification from the assembly by speaker on charges of anti-party activities.
The Supreme Court bench led by Justice N V Raman heard the plea seeking urgent hearing in the matter and rejected the plea.
Instead of Mukul Rohatgi, the lawyer of the disqualified MLAs his junior lawyer appeared in the court on Monday for the MLAs. According to the sources Rohatgi was aware that the plea would be rejected and hence he sent his junior for the hearing.
The Supreme Court decision has brought disappointment in the rebel MLAs camp who are waiting to take charge as the ministers in BS Yediyurappa government in the state.
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Police arrest 5 murder accused after encounter in UP's Ballia
Ballia (UP) (PTI): Police on Sunday arrested five men accused in the murder of a roadways employee's son after a brief exchange of fire early Sunday, officials said.
Four of the accused – Nitish Yadav, Ashish Yadav, Dilip Yadav and Rahul Verma – sustained bullet injuries in their legs during the encounter in the Ubhaon area and were admitted to a hospital, Additional Superintendent of Police, Dinesh Kumar Shukla, said.
Police received information around 2.45 am that some criminals had gathered near Chainpur to carry out an offence. When a police team reached the spot, they found two four-wheelers and a motorcycle parked there, the ASP said.
"One of the accused alerted the others about the police. When asked to surrender, they opened fire on the police team with the intention to kill. In retaliatory firing, four accused were injured and arrested,” Shukla said.
A fifth accused, Anand Kumar Verma, managed to flee but was later arrested after a cordon operation.
During interrogation, the accused confessed to their involvement in the December 13 murder of Ayush Yadav (25), son of a roadways employee, who was shot in the Belthara Road area under the Ubhaon police station limits, the officer said.
Police had already arrested six accused in the case, while another accused, Rabin Singh, surrendered at the Mau city Kotwali on Saturday, taking the total number of arrests to 12.
