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The Supreme Court connected Friday (January 16, 2026) stayed the Calcutta High Court verdict disqualifying elder person Mukul Roy arsenic an MLA of the West Bengal Assembly aft helium defected to the TMC from the BJP.
A seat comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi stayed the November 13, 2025 bid of the High Court.
Taking recourse to the anti-defection law, the High Court, for the archetypal time, exercised its law authorization to disqualify an elected lawmaker nether the anti-defection law.
Mr. Roy was elected to the House connected a BJP summons from the Krishnanagar Uttar spot successful May 2021, but joined the ruling Trinamool Congress successful June that twelvemonth successful the beingness of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and TMC nationalist wide caput Abhishek Banerjee, portion retaining his MLA status.
