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Supreme Court’s observations in the Keisham Meghachandra Singh Case (2020)
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About — Supreme Court’s observations in the Keisham Meghachandra Singh Case (2020)
In the 2020 judgment of Keisham Meghachandra Singh v. The Hon'ble Speaker, the Supreme Court held that disqualification of MLAs under the Tenth Schedule is subject to judicial review, ruling the Speaker's decisions bound by constitutional limitations. The decision reinforced parliamentary democracy by curbing arbitrary defection-based disqualifications. For instance, it struck down the Manipur Speaker's order protecting defecting Congress MLAs from disqualification.