Overview
- A division bench led by Justice Debangsu Basak canceled Mukul Roy’s membership of the West Bengal legislative assembly.
- The court acted on petitions filed by opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari and BJP MLA Ambika Roy.
- Roy was elected to the assembly on a BJP ticket in May 2021 before leaving the party later that year.
- He joined the Trinamool Congress in August 2021 at an event attended by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.
- The disqualification creates a vacancy for his seat in the state assembly.