New Delhi, Jan. 17 -- The Supreme Court on Friday took exception to the delay by the Telangana Speaker to decide on the disqualification pleas against three out of the 10 rebel Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) legislators and posted the matter after two weeks to report compliance. A bench of justices Sanjay Karol and AG Masih said, "We are giving you two weeks. Finish it by then. After two weeks, we will fix the matter to see the progress made in the matter." The court was hearing a bunch of petitions by BRS leaders, including a contempt petition filed by KTR Rao, the working president of BRS and a Telangana Assembly legislator, who alleged that the Speaker was in contempt for violating the three-month deadline for deciding on the disqualification pleas set by the top court's July 31 order last year. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi appearing for the Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar told the bench that there were certain intervening events that have taken place and the Speaker requires at least four weeks to comply with the court's judgment. He pointed out that the Speaker was admitted in hospital for an eye surgery from January 8 to 10 and a new secretary of the Assembly took charge on December 26. "We have already disposed seven disqualification petitions," Singhvi said pointing to the decisions by the Speaker in rejecting the disqualification pleas against seven rebel BRS MLAs who defected to the Congress following the assembly elections held in 2023. He submitted a chart to the court showing that on December 17, petitions against five MLAs were closed followed by decisions against 2 others on January 15. These MLAs include Kale Yadaiah, Pocharam Srinivas Reddy, Tellam Venkat Rao, Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy, T Prakash Goud, Gudem Mahipal Reddy, and Arekapudi Gandhi. The petition against M Sanjay Kumar has been reserved for judgment by the Speaker while the petitions against Kadiyam Srihari and Danam Nagendar have been scheduled for enquiry, the chart suggested....