Expulsion from LS: CJI to take call on listing of Mahua’s plea, says SC

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud will take a call on the listing of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra’s plea challenging her expulsion from the Lok Sabha. Moitra’s plea was mentioned for urgent listing before a bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia. “The CJI will take the call,” Justice Kaul told senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, who mentioned the plea. CJI Chandrachud is heading a five-judge Constitution bench that assembled on Wednesday to hear a matter.