India, Sept. 24 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday, September 24, dismissed former Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender's plea challenging the Telangana High Court judgment that disqualified him from the state Legislative Assembly under the anti-defection law.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana found no ground to interfere with the High Court's decision.

Nagender was elected from Khairatabad on a Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) ticket in the 2023 Telangana Assembly elections. He later joined the Congress and contested the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Secunderabad as a Congress candidate while continuing as an MLA.

The Telangana High Court had on September 18 set aside an order of Assembl...