The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to stay the Centre's notification disqualifying 20 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs for holding office of profit. The court also restrained the Election Commission (EC) from taking any "precipitate measures" like announcing the dates for bypolls to the seats held by 20 AAP legislators disqualified from the Delhi Assembly for holding offices of profit till its next hearing on January 29.
In addition, the Delhi HC ordered the EC - which disqualified the 20 AAP MLAs last week- to file its reply on the issue by February 6. Eight of the 20 MLAs from Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP had filed three petitions requesting that an EC recommendation to the President to disqualify them and the notification issued after President Ram Nath Kovind signed off on it be cancelled.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to stay the Centre's notification disqualifying 20 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs for holding office of profit. The court also restrained the Election Commission (EC) from taking any "precipitate measures" like announcing the dates for bypolls to the seats held by 20 AAP legislators disqualified from the Delhi Assembly for holding offices of profit till its next hearing on January 29.
In addition, the Delhi HC ordered the EC - which disqualified the 20 AAP MLAs last week- to file its reply on the issue by February 6. Eight of the 20 MLAs from Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP had filed three petitions requesting that an EC recommendation to the President to disqualify them and the notification issued after President Ram Nath Kovind signed off on it be cancelled.