Warrants against two Telangana officials in contempt case
Venkat Reddy and Sampath had filed the contempt of court petition after their membership was not restored by the officials despite the court orders. The Congress legislators were suspended from the Telangana Assembly by then Speaker for indulging in unruly activities during the Governor's address to the joint sitting of the state legislature in March last year. The Legislature Secretary subsequently notified the vacancies for the two constituencies.
On a petition challenging their expulsion, the Congress legislators had moved the High Court, which on April 17 restored their Assembly membership and set aside the state government's gazette notification to declare vacancies for Nalgonda and Alampur (SC) constituencies. The Congress legislators' contempt petition was pending when Telangana Assembly was dissolved in September last year.
In the Assembly elections held on December 7, both Venkat Reddy and Sampath were defeated.
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