Kshitij Saruparia, B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), NALSAR University of Law ABSTRACT In July 2025, the Supreme Court directed the Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly to decide ten pending anti-defection petitions within three months. The Speaker complied. By March 2026, every petition had been dismissed for want of "conclusive documentary or legally sustainable evidence" that the ten members had defected. The timeline cure, developed from Keisham Meghachandra Singh to Padi Kaushik Reddy,...