Supreme Court Stays Himachal Pradesh HC’s Ruling on Chief Parliamentary Secretaries’ Disqualification

New Delhi:

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Himachal Pradesh High Court’s decision that had declared the appointment of six chief parliamentary secretaries by the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led state government unconstitutional.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar ordered that there will be no further proceedings based on the High Court’s ruling, which had quashed the appointment of the six MLAs as chief parliamentary secretaries.

However, the Supreme Court clarified that no additional appointments could be made by the state government, as such actions would be deemed illegal.

The court also issued a notice to BJP leader Kalpana Devi, who had filed the case in the High Court challenging the appointments, and directed her to submit a response within two weeks. The matter has been scheduled for further hearing in four weeks and tagged with other related petitions pending before the apex court.