The Rajasthan High Court can announce its decision tomorrow on the petition of Sachin Pilot and 18 Congress rebels challenging disqualification notices served to them. The Supreme Court today refused to stop the High Court from pronouncing a verdict, as requested by the Rajasthan Speaker, who had argued that a court cannot interfere in this case. The voice of dissent in a democracy cannot be shut down, the Supreme Court noted, without reference to Rajasthan. "It is the matter of Just one day. Why can't you wait," the court asked during arguments on whether the High Court had any right to interfere or give protective orders for the rebels. The judges also questioned why the Speaker, a neutral person, should approach the court at all.
