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Daily Express
7 days ago
- Business
- Daily Express
No need for new talks, just political will to implement MA63: Madius
Published on: Wednesday, August 06, 2025 Published on: Wed, Aug 06, 2025 Text Size: KUALA LUMPUR: Tuaran MP Datuk Seri Wilfred Madius Tangau ( pic ) has urged the Federal Government to implement the 40 per cent revenue entitlement due to Sabah under Article 112C and the Tenth Schedule of the Federal Constitution without further delay. He reiterated the call while debating the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP) in the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday. Advertisement Madius questioned why the agreed financial rights under the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) remain unfulfilled despite being constitutionally guaranteed. The Upko Honorary President said Sabahans should not continue to suffer from underdevelopment and poverty due to the failure to deliver the promised revenue returns. He pointed out that more than 80 per cent of the country's RM1.3 trillion debt has been spent in Peninsular Malaysia, while resource-rich Sabah remains inadequately funded. The former Sabah Deputy Chief Minister stressed that Sabah could independently fund basic infrastructure and economic development if it received its rightful 40 per cent share. Advertisement He also questioned the status of proposed 12MP projects and the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) report on undocumented migrants in Sabah, which he said still lacked clear updates. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
Indian Express
05-08-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Pune advocate Asim Sarode cites SC ruling in Telangana MLAs' defection case, predicts ‘major political upheaval' in Maharashtra
Pune advocate Asim Sarode, who is known for his proximity to the Shiv Sena (UBT), claimed on Tuesday that Maharashtra would witness 'a major political upheaval' in September, when the Supreme Court is expected to rule in the Shiv Sena name and symbol case as well as on the party MLAs' disqualification matter. 'There are indications, including the one relating to the Supreme Court ruling in the Telangana MLAs' case, that Maharashtra is all set to witness a major political upheaval in September. The political scenario is going to turn upside down,' Sarode said. The Supreme Court has asked the Speaker of the Telangana Assembly to decide petitions seeking the disqualification of 10 Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLAs who had defected to the ruling Congress expeditiously and not later than three months. Shiv Sena (UBT) chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut concurred. 'There will be a major political upheaval, not just in Maharashtra, but in the country as well,' he said. 'The apex court has urged Parliament to reconsider whether the Assembly Speaker should be allowed to decide on the disqualification petition. The Supreme Court also asked Parliament to reconsider whether the authority given to Speaker to decide disqualification petitions was conducive to curbing political defections,' he said. Sarode also pointed out that the Supreme Court had pointed out that the Speaker delayed issuing notice on the petitions seeking disqualification for almost seven months. 'This is exactly what happened in the case of Maharashtra. Because of the delayed decision in the case, the defected MLAs reaped the benefits so much so that the term of the Assembly got over and the MLAs escaped unscathed,' he added. In 2022, a faction led by Eknath Shinde had split from the Shiv Sena after revolting against Thackeray. The rebellion had led to the fall of the Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition, paving the way for the BJP to form the government with the Shinde Sena. 'The apex court has said either we should take the Tenth Schedule [of the Constitution] seriously or it should be reconsidered if we do not want to follow it. The Supreme Court will have to keep the same view in the Maharashtra case as well. If it does, then [Eknath] Shinde's claim will fail,' he said. Claiming that Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar was not 'eligible to decide the matter', Sarode pointed out that Chief Justice of India Bhushan Gavai had said that he would not take up any government post after retirement. 'This is significant as judges always look for some posting from the government after retirement. This means the CJI will not leave before delivering an unprecedented verdict,' he said. Sarode also alleged that there was a visible panic in the Shinde camp. 'The number of trips he is making to Delhi reveals a lot,' he said, adding that the BJP does not seem to be in favour of Shinde now. Sarode said the final hearing was likely after September 23. 'But if the Supreme Court decides to refer the matter to a larger bench, there will be a delay again,' he said. Manoj More has been working with the Indian Express since 1992. For the first 16 years, he worked on the desk, edited stories, made pages, wrote special stories and handled The Indian Express edition. In 31 years of his career, he has regularly written stories on a range of topics, primarily on civic issues like state of roads, choked drains, garbage problems, inadequate transport facilities and the like. He has also written aggressively on local gondaism. He has primarily written civic stories from Pimpri-Chinchwad, Khadki, Maval and some parts of Pune. He has also covered stories from Kolhapur, Satara, Solapur, Sangli, Ahmednagar and Latur. He has had maximum impact stories from Pimpri-Chinchwad industrial city which he has covered extensively for the last three decades. Manoj More has written over 20,000 stories. 10,000 of which are byline stories. Most of the stories pertain to civic issues and political ones. The biggest achievement of his career is getting a nearly two kilometre road done on Pune-Mumbai highway in Khadki in 2006. He wrote stories on the state of roads since 1997. In 10 years, nearly 200 two-wheeler riders had died in accidents due to the pathetic state of the road. The local cantonment board could not get the road redone as it lacked funds. The then PMC commissioner Pravin Pardeshi took the initiative, went out of his way and made the Khadki road by spending Rs 23 crore from JNNURM Funds. In the next 10 years after the road was made by the PMC, less than 10 citizens had died, effectively saving more than 100 lives. Manoj More's campaign against tree cutting on Pune-Mumbai highway in 1999 and Pune-Nashik highway in 2004 saved 2000 trees. During Covid, over 50 doctors were asked to pay Rs 30 lakh each for getting a job with PCMC. The PCMC administration alerted Manoj More who did a story on the subject, asking then corporators how much money they story worked as doctors got the job without paying a single paisa. Manoj More has also covered the "Latur drought" situation in 2015 when a "Latur water train" created quite a buzz in Maharashtra. He also covered the Malin tragedy where over 150 villagers had died. Manoj More is on Facebook with 4.9k followers (Manoj More), on twitter manojmore91982 ... Read More
India Today
31-07-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Supreme Court sets 3-month clock for Telangana Speaker to act on defecting MLAs
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly to decide within three months on disqualification petitions against ten BRS MLAs who joined the ruling Congress party after the 2023 Assembly case stems from a delay of over seven months in acting on disqualification pleas, prompting the Court to step in. The top court warned that leaving such cases unresolved defeats the very purpose of the anti-defection law, famously observing: 'Operation successful, patient dead.'advertisementThe case comes after some MLAs, nicluding Tellam Venkata Rao, Kadiyam Srihari, and Danam Nagender, were elected on BRS tickets but later shifted to the Congress. BRS leaders KT Rama Rao, Padi Kaushik Reddy, and Kuna Pandu Vivekanand, along with BJP MLA Alleti Maheshwar Reddy, challenged the Speaker's inaction in the Telangana High a single-judge bench of the High Court directed the Speaker to fix a schedule for hearing the disqualification pleas within four weeks, the Division Bench later set aside that order, stating the Speaker could take a "reasonable time".The petitioners then approached the Supreme Court, which has now set aside the Division Bench's order and reinstated the Single Bench's direction, further tightening the bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice AG Masih observed that Parliament entrusted disqualification powers to Speakers to avoid delays in courts, but ironically, Speakers themselves are now delaying Court pointed out that no notice had been issued on the disqualification pleas for over seven months — a delay it said cannot be considered 'expeditious' by any stretch, Live Law noted that Speakers act as quasi-judicial authorities under the Tenth Schedule and do not enjoy constitutional immunity while doing so. The Court also reminded that in Kihoto Hollohan, a landmark judgement, judicial review of the Speaker's decisions was permitted in a limited manner, especially when there is Court also barred the MLAs from trying to delay proceedings further and said adverse inference may be drawn if they attempt to do Court urged Parliament to review whether entrusting disqualification decisions to the Speaker continues to serve the purpose of curbing political defections. It stressed that this mechanism must be re-examined if the "very foundation of democracy" is to be safeguarded.'Though we do not possess any advisory jurisdiction it is for Parliament to take a call,' the bench said.- EndsTune InMust Watch IN THIS STORY#Telangana
News18
31-07-2025
- Politics
- News18
SC Sets Aside Telangana HC Order, Gives Speaker 3 Months On BRS MLAs Defection Case
The court made it clear that the Speaker, while adjudicating disqualification petitions under the Tenth Schedule, acts as a tribunal and does not enjoy constitutional immunity. The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker to decide within three months on the disqualification petitions filed against ten Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs who had defected to the ruling Congress party. A bench led by Chief Justice of India BR Gavai observed that political defections remain a pressing issue in the country and have the potential to destabilise democratic processes if left unchecked. The court allowed the appeal filed by BRS leader Padi Kaushik Reddy, who had sought a direction to the Speaker for a time-bound decision on the pending disqualification pleas. Setting aside the Telangana High Court division bench's order from November 22, 2024, which had interfered with an earlier single judge ruling, the apex court emphasised the need for prompt resolution in such matters. 'We have referred to various parliamentary speeches, including those by Rajesh Pilot and Devendra Nath Munshi, to emphasise that entrusting disqualification proceedings to the Speaker was aimed at avoiding delays that may occur before courts," Chief Justice Gavai noted while reading the judgment. The court made it clear that the Speaker, while adjudicating disqualification petitions under the Tenth Schedule, acts as a tribunal and does not enjoy constitutional immunity. It further directed the Speaker not to permit the MLAs to delay the proceedings and said that adverse inferences could be drawn if any attempts to protract the process are made. The verdict was reserved on April 3, and a detailed judgment is expected to follow. view comments First Published: Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Hindustan Times
31-07-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
SC: Courts can set timelines for speaker in disqualification cases
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that constitutional courts can fix a timeline for speakers to decide disqualification petitions, warning that indefinite delays by high constitutional functionaries defeat the very purpose of the Tenth Schedule, which was introduced to curb the evil of political defections. The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that constitutional courts can fix a timeline for speakers to decide disqualification petitions. (ANI) A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R. Gavai and justice A.G. Masih ruled that while courts cannot injunct speakers from deciding such petitions, they can certainly issue directions to facilitate decisions within a reasonable time—especially when speakers fail to act altogether. The top court set aside a November 2024 decision of a division bench of the Telangana high court and ordered the state's speaker to decide within three months the pending disqualification pleas against three Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) legislators who defected to the ruling Congress party last year—Tellam Venkat Rao, Kadiyam Srihari, and Danam Nagender. The Supreme Court had earlier pulled up the Telangana speaker for a seven-month delay in even issuing notices on the disqualification pleas, observing in April that it could not remain a 'mute spectator' to the 'naked dance of democracy' where speakers ensured petitions 'die a natural death.' Reading out the operative portion of the judgment on Thursday, CJI Gavai said, 'We have referred to the 52nd Constitutional Amendment which introduced the Tenth Schedule, recognising political defections as a matter of national concern that undermines the very fabric of democracy… The purpose of entrusting the Speaker with the power to decide disqualification petitions was to ensure an expeditious decision, avoiding dilly-dallying before courts or election authorities.' However, the court noted that the rationale behind the 1992 judgment in Kihoto Hollohan vs. Zachillhu, which had refused to impose a time limit on the speaker's decision, was no longer adequate in a context where speakers deliberately sit on petitions for prolonged periods to avoid adjudication altogether. 'The authors of the Kihoto judgment could not have anticipated a time when high constitutional authorities would indefinitely delay decisions on disqualification pleas, leaving the petitions die their natural death,' the court said. While emphasising that the speaker acts as a tribunal under the Tenth Schedule and is hence amenable to judicial review, the bench clarified that courts cannot pass injunctive orders restraining the Speaker from making decisions, but facilitating directions are not prohibited. 'The office of the speaker as a tribunal is amenable to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under Article 32 and the high courts under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution,' the bench observed. Striking a note of constitutional introspection, the court also left it to parliament to reconsider whether the continued vesting of adjudicatory powers under the Tenth Schedule in the Speaker truly serves the legislative intent behind the anti-defection law. 'It is for parliament to consider whether entrusting the decision-making to the speaker is still serving the objective of combating political defections,' CJI Gavai said. Importantly, the court warned that not issuing timely directions to the speaker would 'frustrate the very purpose of the Tenth Schedule,' likening it to a case of 'operation successful, patient dead.' It noted that the Telangana speaker did not act on the disqualification petitions for seven months, and that notices were issued only after the Supreme Court admitted the matter for a hearing. Accordingly, it directed the Telangana speaker to take a decision on the disqualification pleas within three months, cautioning that no legislator should be allowed to protract the proceedings. 'The speaker shall decide the disqualification petitions as expeditiously as possible and in any case within three months. No member will be allowed to prolong the proceedings. If any legislator causes delays, the Speaker shall draw adverse inferences,' the court ordered.
