The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking direction to the Andhra Pradesh Speaker to either accept or decide on the resignation of over 139 legislators on the Telangana issue.<br/><br/>A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices J M Panchal and Deepak Verma said that the petitioner M Narayana Reddy, a former MP, had no locus standi in the issue. The apex court said there was no public interest involved in the issue as claimed by the petitioner.<br/><br/>139 MLAs, cutting across party lines, had submitted their resignation to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker on December 10 and 23 last year.
News On AIR | February 1, 2010 12:14 PM
SC rejects PIL of Telangana MLAs on resignation