SC panel to examine if House can suspend MLAs via resolution

The Supreme Court docket will study if legislators may be suspended from the Home by a decision handed by a majority. A bench led by Justice AM Khanwilkar on Tuesday issued notices on a plea filed by 12 Maharashtra MLAs, suspended for a 12 months by the state meeting by a decision carried by a voice vote.

Suspended MLAs Sanjay Kute, Ashish Shelar, Abhimanyu Pawar, Girish Mahajan, Atul Bhatkhalkar, Parag Alavani, Harish Pimpale, Yogesh Sagar, Jay Kumar Rawat, Narayan Kuche, Ram Satpute and Bunty Bhangdia mentioned although they apologised to the presiding officer over a fracas within the Home, they had been suspended summarily after a listening to. This was an try to cut back the variety of Opposition MLAs within the Home, they argued.

If this was allowed, it will undermine democracy in the long term, contended senior advocate Harish N Salve, who appeared for the BJP MLAs. In occasions of wafer-thin majorities, this can be utilized to extend the bulk loved by a political get together within the Home, he argued.

By the way, the Rajya Sabha has suspended for the entire of winter session 12 Opposition MPs for his or her conduct within the final session. The case might elevate questions on the facility of the judiciary to ‘intervene’ in what could possibly be thought-about because the legislature’s area.