Kochi: The High Court rejected the plea filed by Devikulam MLA Raja seeking extension of the stay on the disqualification order.
The stay was granted for a maximum of 10 days for filing an appeal in the Supreme Court. An appeal has been filed in the Supreme Court but has not yet been considered. This is hindered by errors in the appeal.
When the appeal was filed in the Supreme Court, the stay initially granted by the High Court became void. This is why the petition has been filed requesting to extend the stay for another 20 days. However, judging that it cannot be considered in the case of filing a petition in the Supreme Court, Justice P. Somarajan rejected the petition.
With this again technically Raja MLA. No more. He will also not be able to participate in the Legislative Assembly without the intervention of the Supreme Court.
It was stated in the interim stay order that he should not participate in voting or receive benefits as a member of the legislature. The decision of the Supreme Court is now decisive.
The High Court had earlier annulled the Devikulam election on the grounds that Raja was not qualified to contest the Scheduled Caste reserved seat. Opposing candidate Congress D. The order was on a petition filed by Kumar.
