The Calcutta High Court on Thursday cancelled the membership of TMC leader Mukul Roy from the West Bengal legislative assembly.

The court disqualified Roy under the anti-defection law, in a judgment passed by a division bench presided over by Justice Debangsu Basak.

The bench disqualified Roy as a member of the state assembly, acting upon petitions submitted by opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari and BJP MLA Ambika Roy.

This ruling counts as the first time in India’s history that a high court has disqualified an MLA on charges of “anti-party" activities. It also struck down the decision to appoint the senior leader as the chairman of the public accounts committee (PAC), calling it flawed.

The core conflict addressed by the court revolved around his swift transition between political par

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