'Unconstitional', says SC as it scraps indefinite suspension of 12 BJP MLAs from Maharashtra Assembly

The Supreme Court has set aside the indefinite suspension of 12 BJP MLAs from the Maharashtra Assembly, calling it "unconstitutional and arbitrary".

The Supreme Court has set aside the indefinite suspension of 12 BJP MLAs from the Maharashtra Assembly, calling it "unconstitutional and arbitrary".

SC has held the suspension could have only been for the ongoing Monsoon session (July 2021).

In July 2021, Maharashtra assembly speaker in-chair, Bhaskar Jadhav, had suspended 12 BJP MLAs for a year for unruly behaviour amid a ruckus in the House.

The 12 suspended BJP MLAs were Sanjay Kute, Ashish Shelar, Abhimanyu Pawar, Girish Mahajan, Atul Bhatkalkar, Parag Alavni, Harish Pimpale, Ram Satpute, Vijay Kumar Rawal, Yogesh Sagar, Narayan Kuche and Kirtikumar Bangdia.

Speaker Jadhav had then explained that when the House had been adjourned, Opposition leaders went to his cabin and abused him in front of the Leader of Opposition, Devendra Fadnavis, and senior BJP leader Chandrakant Patil.”