The Harish Rawat-led government on Friday gave an assurance in the Supreme Court that it will not evict the 9 disqualified Congress MLAs from their official homes.
The court, which also took on record the May 11 Gazette notification of the Centre revoking President's Rule in the hill state, recorded the statement made on behalf of state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Indira Hridayesh that the rebels will not be evicted from their official houses.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Rawat, also asserted no such action would be taken against the disqualified MLAs.
A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh asked senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, appearing for Hridayesh, that "no facilities in the accommodations will be taken away" and posted the plea of disqualified rebels for further hearing on July 12.
(Published 13 May 2016, 19:38 IST)
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