Jailed Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders Nawab Malik and Anil Deshmukh today moved the Supreme Court (SC) seeking permission to attend the Maharashtra Assembly floor test tomorrow. The SC has agreed to hear their application today evening at 5:30 pm.
A vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala was told by advocate Sudhanshu S Choudhuri that the two MLAs have been booked for offences under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and are in jail. He said the two leaders want to participate in the Maharashtra legislative assembly floor test scheduled to be held on Thursday at 11 am. The SC will also hear a plea today evening by Shiv Sena chief whip Sunil Prabhu challenging governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari's decision to hold a floor test in the assembly.