Hyderabad, Feb. 10 -- The Supreme Court on Monday, February 10 heard petitions filed by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao and HuzurabadMLA Padi Kaushik Reddy regarding the delay in disqualification of defected MLAs from the Telangana Assembly.

Earlier, a bench of Justice BR Gavai and K Vinod Chandran questioned the Telangana Assembly Speaker about what constitutes a "reasonable period" for deciding disqualification pleas. When the matter was taken up on Monday, Justice Gavai reminded senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, representing the Assembly Secretary, that he was supposed to seek instructions on this timeline.

As Rohatgi sought additional time, Justice Gavai firmly stated, "In a democracy, the rights of parties c...