In a major relief for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its convenor Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi High Court on Friday set aside the disqualification of 20 AAP Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and referred the matter back to the Election Commission (EC).On January 19, the EC had recommended that the AAP MLAs be disqualified for holding offices of profit as they had been appointed parliamentary secretaries to ministers in the Delhi government in March 2015. Two days later, President Ram Nath Kovind had approved the disqualification. The MLAs had then approached the Delhi High Court challenging their disqualification. During the arguments, the MLAs had told the court that EC's order disqualifying them for allegedly holding offices of profit was passed in "complete violation of natural justice" as they were not given an opportunity to explain their stand before the poll panel.

In a major relief for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its convenor Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi High Court on Friday set aside the disqualification of 20 AAP Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and referred the matter back to the Election Commission (EC).On January 19, the EC had recommended that the AAP MLAs be disqualified for holding offices of profit as they had been appointed parliamentary secretaries to ministers in the Delhi government in March 2015. Two days later, President Ram Nath Kovind had approved the disqualification. The MLAs had then approached the Delhi High Court challenging their disqualification. During the arguments, the MLAs had told the court that EC's order disqualifying them for allegedly holding offices of profit was passed in "complete violation of natural justice" as they were not given an opportunity to explain their stand before the poll panel.