Jammu, Jan. 23 -- Supreme Court bench headed by Justice RF Nariman on 21.01.2020 desired Parliament to rethink over the power of Speaker to disqualify MLAs, because of Speaker being a member of some political party, mostly of ruling party. Evidently Speakers in state-assemblies, having party affiliations, at times have openly misused their power in favor of their political leanings.
Better is to reform system of electing Speaker, Deputy Speaker and also of electing Chief Ministers. Speaker should be elected simultaneously with Chief Minister and Deputy Speaker by secret and compulsory vote through EVMs equipped with VVPAT on nominations signed by at least 34-percent members with abstaining members losing right to vote in the House though r...