The AAP MLAs, who have been disqualified as Delhi Assembly legislators for occupying the post of parliamentary secretaries, today withdrew their pleas from the Delhi High Court challenging the Election Commission's recommendation which the President had endorsed.
The 20 MLAs told the High Court that they would move fresh petitions as their pleas had become infructuous after President Ram Nath Kovind put a stamp of approval on the EC's recommendation.
"Now that the president has signed the notification, the MLAs stand disqualified. If they are able to convince the courts that their disqualification is against the law, only then they can hope for a reprieve," said a legal expert, who has handled several such cases in the past.
If the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) fails to get a reprieve from the Delhi High Court, where it plans to move a fresh plea tomorrow, it can approach the Supreme Court.
The EC had on Friday recommended to Kovind that the 20 MLAs were liable for disqualification for holding offices of profit between March 13, 2015, and September 8, 2016.
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