Hyderabad, June 26 -- The Telangana High Court on Thursday, June 25, granted a final opportunity to BRS-turned-Congress MLAs Danam Nagender and Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy to file their counters in petitions challenging the Assembly Speaker's decision to reject disqualification pleas against defected legislators.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice GM Mohiuddin was hearing petitions filed by BRS MLAs contesting the Speaker's dismissal of their petitions seeking the disqualification of 10 MLAs who defected to the ruling Congress after winning the 2023 Assembly elections on BRS tickets.

During the hearing, counsel for the petitioners submitted that despite being granted three opportunities by the court...