The Supreme Court agreed to hear case of six disqualified rebel Congress MLAs from Himachal Pradesh next Monday. At the beginning of hearing on Tuesday, a bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Dipankar Datta, and Justice PK Mishra asked why they did not move the High Court first.

The six rebel MLAs of the Congress party had moved the top court challenging their disqualification by the Speaker from the Himachal Pradesh Assembly. They were disqualified after abstaining from budget vote. They had also cross-voted in favour of the BJP Rajya Sabha candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections.