Supreme Court quashes one-year suspension of 12 BJP MLAs from Maharashtra Assembly, calls it ‘unconstitutional and arbitrary’

While quashing the suspension, the Supreme Court termed the decision as ‘unconstitutional and arbitrary’, and said the resolution was illegal and "beyond the powers of the Assembly". 

NEW DELHI: In a major judgement, the Supreme Court on Friday quashed the one-year suspension of 12 BJP MLAs from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly while terming it “unconstitutional and arbitrary”.

While quashing the suspension, the Supreme Court termed the decision as ‘unconstitutional and arbitrary’, and said the Maharashtra assembly resolution of July 5, 2021, was ''illegal'' and "beyond the powers of the Assembly". 

“The resolution suspending 12 BJP MLAs from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly beyond the period of the remainder of the session held in July 2021 is unconstitutional,” the top court said in its order.