April 25, 2016 12:44 PM

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HC to resume hearing on rebel Cong MLAs' petition today

The Uttarakhand High Court will resume the hearing today on nine rebel Congress MLAs' petition challenging their disqualification by the state Assembly Speaker. The nine legislators will present their contention before the single bench of Justice U C Dhyani. The bench on Saturday had recorded the arguments of counsel Kapil Sibal appearing for Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal .<br/><br/>The Speaker had on March 27th disqualified the nine, including former chief minister Vijay Bahuguna, who spearheaded the rebellion against Chief Minister Harish Rawat, under the anti-defection law. This had led to a political instability in the state and imposition of President's rule.

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