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SC quashes indefinite suspension of 12 BJP MLAs
January 31 , 2022
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- The Supreme Court has set aside the Maharashtra Assembly’s decision to suspend 12 legislators of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for a one-year period beginning July 5, 2021.
- The legislators were suspended for a year for allegedly misbehaving with the presiding officer in the Assembly.
Observations made by the Supreme Court
- Suspension beyond the remaining period of the session of the Assembly was ‘non-est’ in law, substantially unconstitutional and irrational.
- The resolution, therefore, is illegal and was “beyond the powers of the assembly”.
