Overview

• On August 13, the Supreme Court deleted its 2024 interim stay and ruled that the appointments of Prof. M. Kodandaram and Amer Ali Khan as MLCs are annulled, leaving both Governor’s-quota seats vacant.
• The bench directed that any fresh nominations must comply with Article 171(5) and be treated as provisional until the petitions are finally disposed of.
• Telangana’s Congress government, led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, has indicated it will wait for the next Supreme Court hearing—reported for either September 17 or November—before considering new nominees.
• BRS leaders K.T. Rama Rao and Kalvakuntla Kavitha hailed the ruling as a check on alleged political misuse of the Governor’s office by Congress and BJP.
• The decision underscores heightened judicial scrutiny of the constitutional limits on gubernatorial discretion in Legislative Council appointments.