New Delhi, April 2 -- While hearing a plea regarding the defection of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs to the Congress, the ruling party in Telangana, the Supreme Court on Wednesday criticized Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for his alleged statement in the State Assembly that no by-elections would be held even if more BRS MLAs switched to the ruling party.

A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Augustine George Masih said that if such a statement is being made on the floor of the House (State Assembly) by the Telangana CM, the same amounts to "mockery" of the Anti-defection law provided in the 10th Schedule of the Constitution.

"If this is said on the Floor of the House, Your Hon'ble CM is making a mockery of the 10th Schedule", the Court rema...