The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted a day’s time to assembly speaker MS Dhir to respond to a plea filed by expelled AAP legislator Vinod Kumar Binny seeking to declare him an Independent member of the legislature.
Justice Manmohan posted the matter for Wednesday and asked advocate Zubeda Begum, appearing for the Delhi Legislative Assembly speaker, to take instruction on the issue.
Hearing the plea, the court said it was inclined to give similar relief to Binny as per the 2010 order of the Supreme Court in which it had protected former Samajwadi Party leaders Amar Singh and Jaya Prada from disqualification as member of Parliament after they were expelled by the party.
Begum opposed the plea saying it is premature. She added there is no imminent danger to him because assembly is in suspension.
Binny, elected from the Laxmi Nagar assembly constituency as an AAP candidate, on Monday moved the court against the assembly Speaker and the party.
Counsel Rahul Raj Malik appearing for Binny argued that when he stood expelled from the AAP, then why should he be bound by the directions of the party.
‘They (AAP) compelled me to vote in their favour during those (assembly) days. When I was expelled, I don’t enjoy the privileges as enjoyed by other members of the party. But I have to follow the diktat of the party. They issued two whips (13 February and 14 February) compelling me to come and vote,’ the lawyer contended.
Binny said he joined the AAP in 2013 and on various instances raised his grievances with the (then) chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on issues relating to wilful inaction regarding introduction of promised policies in the manifesto by the party.
Justice Manmohan posted the matter for Wednesday and asked advocate Zubeda Begum, appearing for the Delhi Legislative Assembly speaker, to take instruction on the issue.
Hearing the plea, the court said it was inclined to give similar relief to Binny as per the 2010 order of the Supreme Court in which it had protected former Samajwadi Party leaders Amar Singh and Jaya Prada from disqualification as member of Parliament after they were expelled by the party.
Begum opposed the plea saying it is premature. She added there is no imminent danger to him because assembly is in suspension.
Binny, elected from the Laxmi Nagar assembly constituency as an AAP candidate, on Monday moved the court against the assembly Speaker and the party.
Counsel Rahul Raj Malik appearing for Binny argued that when he stood expelled from the AAP, then why should he be bound by the directions of the party.
‘They (AAP) compelled me to vote in their favour during those (assembly) days. When I was expelled, I don’t enjoy the privileges as enjoyed by other members of the party. But I have to follow the diktat of the party. They issued two whips (13 February and 14 February) compelling me to come and vote,’ the lawyer contended.
Binny said he joined the AAP in 2013 and on various instances raised his grievances with the (then) chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on issues relating to wilful inaction regarding introduction of promised policies in the manifesto by the party.