Gupta moves HC against suspension from Assembly

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Gupta moves HC against suspension from Assembly

Friday, 24 March 2023 | Staff Reporter | New Delhi

BJP leader Vijender Gupta moved the Delhi High Court on Thursday challenging his one-year suspension from the Delhi assembly by the Speaker. His plea was mentioned by senior advocate Jayant Mehta before a bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sachin Datta.

The bench agreed to list the petition for hearing on Friday. On March 21, Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel had suspended Gupta till the next budget session for allegedly obstructing the proceedings of the House.

In the petition, the legislator from Rohini said his suspension is “unfair, unjust, unreasonable” and contrary to the principles of natural justice as well as the law including the Rules of Procedure & Conduct of Business, Legislative Assembly of National Capital Territory of Delhi.

It is a strategy to scuttle the voice of the opposition and violated his powers and privileges as a member of the assembly, the plea alleged. The plea asserted the procedure adopted by the Speaker was in absolute violation of Gupta’s rights guaranteed under the Constitution as a citizen as well as a member of legislative assembly.

 “Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Sanjeev Jha proposed petitioner’s suspension from the House for a period of one year. The Speaker put the motion to vote by adopting the voice vote and ordered the suspension of the Petitioner from sittings of the House for one year without any justification and again marshalled out the petitioner,” said the plea filed through lawyers Neeraj, Pavan Narang and Satya Ranjan Swain said.

“Petitioner’s suspension is not an extemporaneous incident but is a result of a well-designed conspiracy and a well-planned strategy to scuttle the voice of the opposition and ignore the serious breach committed by the (AAP) Minister.

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