Calcutta High Court disqualifies politician Mukul Roy from West Bengal Legislative Assembly under anti-defection law

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday (November 13, 2025) disqualified senior political leader Mukul Roy from membership of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly following his defection to the Trinamool Congress after winning the Assembly polls on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket over four years ago.

A Division Bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi said that given the facts and circumstances of the case, it has been established that Mr. Roy defected from the BJP to the Trinamool on June 11, 2021. It held that such action has incurred the disqualification contemplated under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution.

“The respondent No. 2 is declared to have become disqualified in terms of the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution of India and the Rules of 1986 with effect from June 11, 2021,” the court said.