The Supreme Court on Friday scrapped the one-year suspension of 12 BJP legislators in Maharashtra. The apex court, while quashing a resolution that the lower house had passed for punishing the MLAs for alleged misbehaviour on July 5, 2021, said it was unconstitutional and arbitrary. While the BJP welcomed the decision by a three-member bench, the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders said the Speaker will decide on the issue after the full order is received. 

It would be interesting to see if the decision is accepted or the issue is stretched further while wrestling over the powers of the lawmakers and judiciary. “Thanks to the Supreme Court, we got justice. To put this decision in one sentence – the truth may be upset, but not defeated,” said one of the petitioner MLAs Ashish Shelar.