After hearing the matter, a division bench of Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari issued notices to the Legislative Assembly Secretariat and the government asking them to file their reply by May 1. The next hearing of the case will be on 1 May 2023.

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], March 29 (ANI): The newly-elected Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker Ritu Khanduri Bhushan on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at his residence.

Dehradun Mar 26 PTI BJP MLA Ritu Khanduri the daughter of former chief minister B C Khanduri was elected unopposed as the first woman speaker of the Uttarakhand Assembly on Saturday The announcement about her election was made by pro-tem speaker Banshidhar Bhagat Her election to the post was a foregone conclusion as the main opposition Congress chose to stay out of contest Ritu Khanduri won from Kotdwar by defeating former minister S S Negi by more than 3000 votes She had won her maiden assembly election from the Yamkeshwar constituency in 2017 Before taking a plunge into politics she taught at a private university in Noida for several years In her maiden address to MLAs soon after her election Khanduri exhorted first-time legislators to utilise five years of their tenure in learning about legislative procedures and participate enthusiastically in debates in the House on matters of public interest Congratulating her Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami dwelt on her academic achievements and said her assumption of office as the first woman speaker of the state was an acknowledgement of the valuable contribution made by women in Uttarakhands movement for statehood It is a historic day for us We got our first woman speaker in you today It is an honour for the entire women population of the state who played a stellar role in the formation of Uttarakhand Dhami said Opposition members Pritam Singh and Yashpal Arya also congratulated her saying they were confident she would carry forward her fathers legacy of probity in public life and lay the foundations of healthy legislative practices Singh also expressed hope that under her stewardship the House will pass a resolution granting 33 per cent reservation to women in the state legislature PTI ALM SMN

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], March 26 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Ritu Khanduri was elected as the Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly on Saturday, becoming the first woman Speaker of the state Assembly.