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'Prolonged suspension worse than expulsion as rights of constituents affected'
Updated On: 19 January, 2022 08:30 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
The 12 BJP MLAs have filed petitions challenging the resolution passed by the Assembly to suspend them for one year. They were suspended on July 5 last year from the Assembly after the state government had accused them of `misbehaving` with presiding officer Bhaskar Jadhav in the Speaker`s chamber
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Maharashtra BJP MLAs, who have challenged their one-year suspension from Legislative Assembly for allegedly misbehaving with the presiding officer, told the Supreme Court Wednesday that prolonged suspension is worse than expulsion as the rights of the constituents are affected.
A three-judge bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar was informed that the duration of any disciplinary action can only extend to the end of the session. "Prolonged suspension is worse than expulsion as the rights of the constituents are affected," senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, appearing for one of the MLAs, submitted. Senior advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul, appearing for some MLAs, said there is nothing to show that one-year expulsion was to safeguard the integrity of legislative functions. Kaul argued that no plenary power can go beyond the constitution and if something suffers from illegality and substantive illegality, it can never be against the constitutional spirit.
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