The Supreme Court on Thursday said that a plea seeking a direction to the governments of Maharashtra and Delhi to sack Ministers Nawab Malik and Satyendar Jain, who were arrested in connection with separate criminal cases and are in judicial custody, would be listed for hearing after it is placed before the Chief Justice of India.
The matter was mentioned for urgent listing before a vacation bench of Justices C.T. Ravikumar and Sudhanshu Dhulia.
Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, the petitioner in the matter, has also sought a direction to declare that a minister, who is not only a public servant but also a lawmaker, shall be temporarily barred from holding office after two days of judicial custody like public servants including IAS officers.
