JUDGMENT

Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral)--This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

2. The present petition has been filed by the Petitioner-Mr. Vijender Gupta, who is a sitting MLA of the Delhi Legislative Assembly (hereinafter `DLA'), challenging the suspension order which was imposed on him during the proceedings of the DLA on 21st March, 2023.

3. Since there is no specific order which has been passed by the Hon'ble Speaker and the suspension is to be gleaned from the "summary of proceedings" which took place in the DLA on that day, it is deemed appropriate to extract the said summary herein below:

"I. 11.07 AM The Chair informed the House that for the first time in the history of the House, Annual Budget (2023-24) would not be presented as per schedule: The Chair termed it as an unfortunate, unconstitutional and extraordinary incident and requested Shri Kailash Gahlot, Hon'ble Minister of Finance to make a statement in this regard.

2. 11.08 AM Shri Vijender Gupta, Hon'ble Members started arguing with the Chair and demanded that Notice of Privilege given by him against Shri Kailash Gahlot and Shri Gopal Rai, Hon'ble Ministers be taken up.

The Chair requested the Hon'ble Member