Landmark case · Constitutional Law – II · Semester 2

Shrimanth Balasaheb Patil v. Speaker, Karnataka Legislative Assembly

(2020) 2 SCC 595 · Supreme Court of India

The Speaker must decide disqualification petitions in a reasonable time; a resigning member may still incur Tenth Schedule disqualification.

From topic

Anti-defection: Tenth Schedule — Unit I, Constitutional Law – II.

Related sections:

Constitution of India, 102(2) — Disqualification under the Tenth Schedule
Constitution of India, 191(2) — Disqualification of members of a State legislature
Constitution of India, Tenth Schedule — Paragraphs 1–8: defection, split/merger and the Speaker's decision