The Kerala State Government has moved the Supreme Court seeking liberty to withdraw the Kerala assembly vandalism 2015 case which involved ministers.
The State Government filed the petition on the ground that the Members of Parliament are protected under Article 105(3) and 194(3) and have certain privileges. The Speaker has the power to take recourse of the matter even if the act amounts to breach of privilege, the plea added.
The Kerala Assembly vandalism took place during the state’s 2015-16 budget session in which public property worth around Rs 2.5 lakh was destroyed and clashes took place as well in the assembly.
The State Government’s plea before the Apex Court states that the legislative assembly was in session in a charged manner and there were allegations being made against the finance minister.
Earlier, the Kerala High Court while dismissing the state government plea said, “Here the allegation is of the functioning of the Assembly Session having been disrupted by the members by trespassing into the Speaker’s dais and committing mischief. The aforementioned acts, if proven to be true, can, by no stretch of imagination, be deemed to be acts done in furtherance of the free functioning of the house.”