New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- The Supreme Court on Monday issued a contempt notice to the Telangana Assembly Speaker for failing to comply with its directive to rule on disqualification petitions brought against 10 Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs who had defected to the ruling Congress party.

In July, a bench of the apex court, led by Chief Justice BR Gavai, had ordered the Speaker to reach a decision within three months regarding the disqualification of the 10 BRS legislators.

The CJI-led bench described the non-compliance with its earlier order as the "grossest kind of contempt," whilst issuing summons to the Speaker and others over the petitions lodged by the BRS officials.

The bench did, however, grant an exemption to the Telangana Speak...