The Speaker had also observed that even if Nagender joined the Congress, it would not adversely affect the BRS and that the party had condoned his conduct, the counsel submitted.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and AG Masih gave two weeks time to the speaker to file a status report indicating the steps taken for the adjudication of the disqualification pleas
The Supreme Court had earlier issued a contempt notice to the Telangana Speaker for not complying with its directive to decide on disqualification pleas of the MLAs who deflected to Congress.
The CJI-led bench termed the non-compliance of its earlier directions as "gross contempt" while issuing notices to the speaker and others on the pleas filed by the BRS leaders.