Jammu, April 8 -- Pandemonium rocked the Legislative Assembly on Monday after the Speaker rejected an adjournment motion, moved by the National Conference to discuss the Waqf (Amendment) Act, saying the matter was sub judice.

The House was adjourned twice amid pandemonium to reconvene and witness chaos again. The third time, Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather adjourned the House for the day.

A ruckus erupted in the House after Rather refused the motion, moved by NC's Nazir Gurezi and Tanvir Sadiq, seeking adjournment of the question hour to discuss the Waqf law.

A notice for the motion was given to the speaker by nine members from across the NC, Congress, and Independents.

Leader of the House, BJP's Sunil Sharma, mounted a vociferous oppositi...