New Delhi: The plea of former JD(U) president Sharad Yadav, challenging the order of the Rajya Sabha Chairman disqualifying him as an MP, should be heard by a division bench, the Delhi High Court was told on Thursday.
The counsel for leader of JD(U) in the Upper House Ram Chandra Prasad Singh said the matter related to Yadav's disqualification and ought to be heard by a division bench in consonance with the observations made by the Supreme Court in another case. Justice Rajiv Shakdher said Singh should file an independent application in this regard and listed the matter for May 23.
Singh, through senior advocate Dinesh Dwivedi, has also sought modification of the court's December 15 last year's order allowing Yadav to enjoy the perks, salary, allowances and bungalow of an MP. Yadav was disqualified on December 4 last year.