<div dir="ltr">''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The Delhi High Court today reserved its order on 20 Aam Aadmi Party MLAs' plea challenging their disqualification in office-of-profit case.</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar kept its decision pending after the MLAs, Election Commission of India (EC) and other parties concerned concluded their arguments.</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The MLAs had yesterday told the court that EC's order disqualifying them for allegedly holding office-of-profit was passed in complete violation of natural justice as they were not given the opportunity to explain their stand before the poll panel.</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The bench was also requested by the legislators to remand their case back to the poll panel with a direction to hear the matter afresh.</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The MLAs had approached the high court challenging their disqualification after President Ram Nath Kovind gave his nod to the EC's recommendation.</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>Backing its recommendation to the President for AAP MLAs' disqualification, the poll panel had submitted that the legislators cannot claim that they were not holding office-of-profit.</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The high court was hearing the plea on a day-to-day basis since 7th February. <br />''</div></div>
News On AIR | February 28, 2018 5:09 PM
High Court reserves order on plea of 20 disqualified AAP MLAs