New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the decision of the Bihar Legislative Council to expel Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLC Sunil Kumar Singh over his alleged defamatory remarks against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh held that the punishment awarded to Singh was highly excessive and disproportionate to the nature of his misconduct.

Thus, the Court directed that Singh be immediately reinstated as a member of the Bihar Legislative Council. In July 2024, the RJD MLC was expelled by the legislative council Secretariat after he allegedly made certain defamatory remarks against the Chief Minister.

The alleged remarks were made during the Bihar Governor's address a...