Can’t end proceedings in a day: Goa Speaker to SC

Two days earlier than he was anticipated to take a call on the disqualification of 10 Congress MLAs who defected to BJP after the 2019 Assembly polls, Goa Assembly Speaker on Wednesday filed an software in search of clarification on the Supreme Court’s February 10 order.
Speaker Rajesh Patnekar said that whereas he’ll hear all respondents within the disqualification petitions on February 26, “it may not be possible to complete and conclude the proceedings in one day — 26.02.2021.”
In his software, Patnekar said that the court docket had recorded an announcement by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on February 10 — that Mehta, showing for the respondent/s, “states that the disqualification petition/s has been listed by the respondent — Speaker…for disposal on February 26.
Patnekar listed out chronology of occasions for the reason that disqualification petition was filed by Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Girish Chodankar towards the ten MLAs earlier than the Speaker on August 8, 2019. Citing delay in taking the choice, Chodankar had urged the SC to direct the Speaker to resolve on his petition.
The Supreme Court is anticipated to listen to the matter within the first week of March.