Supreme Court asks Bengal President to decide on petition disqualifying Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy

The Supreme Court on Monday hoped that West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee will take a decision on a petition seeking disqualification of Mukul Roy as a member of the House over the claim that he has defected to the Trinamool Congress (TMC). BJP ticket. A bench of Justices L Nageswar and Hima Kohli was hearing two separate appeals filed by the Speaker of the Assembly and the Secretary and Returning Officer of the West Bengal Assembly against the order of the Calcutta High Court.

On September 28, the high court had asked the Speaker to take a decision on the disqualification petition against Rai by October 7. The apex court did not issue notice on the appeals and considered the submissions of senior advocate AM Singhvi. Appeared for Banerjee that the disqualification petition is to be heard before the Speaker on December 21.

We expect the Speaker to proceed with the matter on December 21, 2021 and decide the same in accordance with law, the bench said and fixed the matter for January next year. Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari had on June 17 filed a petition before the Speaker seeking disqualification of Rai as a member of the Assembly and claimed that he had joined the Trinamool Congress.