Jagjit Singh vs State Of Haryana & Ors

The Supreme Court ruled that the disqualification orders issued by the Speaker of the Haryana Legislative Assembly under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution were invalid due to violation of principles of natural justice. The Court emphasized that the Speaker acted hastily to prevent the petitioners from voting in the Rajya Sabha elections, which constituted malafide action. The Court held that the petitioners, being lone members of their respective parties, were entitled to protection under paragraph 3 of the Tenth Schedule, as their parties had effectively split, thus allowing them to join another party without disqualification.