As per the case facts members of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly were suspended for a year following alleged misbehavior and heated exchanges during a session where they ... felt their ability to speak was curtailed A resolution was passed by the House for their suspension The reason for the appeal to the Supreme Court was to challenge the legality and constitutionality of such a prolonged suspension The question arose whether a legislative assembly's resolution could suspend members beyond the remainder of the session in which the alleged misconduct occurred Finally the Supreme Court declared the resolution directing suspension beyond the remainder of that specific Monsoon Session to be null unconstitutional and illegal The Court found such a prolonged suspension ineffective in law and held that the petitioners were entitled to all consequential benefits reinforcing the principle that legislative suspensions have temporal limits