Supreme Court Rules Boris Johnson's Decision To Suspend Parliament As Unlawful

UK's top court has ruled Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend the Parliament as unlawful, void and to no effect on Tuesday. In a humiliating backfire for Johnson, the Supreme court said that MP's and peers should be free to resume their activities immediately.

In a historic ruling, a verdict was reached by 11 judges who heard the case saying, "The court is bound to conclude that the decision to advise Her Majesty to prorogue parliament was unlawful because it had the effect of frustrating or preventing the ability of parliament to carry out its constitutional functions without reasonable justification.”

Supreme Court president Lady Hale further added that arrangements for both houses to resume sitting can be made freely by the leaders as they were not prorogued, at least legally. The verdict has further plunged Britains's EU exit plans into turmoil.

The court ruled that the government had no right to prevent the parliament from functioning even though they claimed it was done to prepare new laws ahead of the Queen's speech on Oct. 14. They further dismissed the government's argument that the issue of suspending the parliament was not a matter for the courts.

After the unanimous ruling against Boris Johnson, many have started calling for the prime minister's resignation. MPs immediately started returning to the House of Commons as soon as the suspension was deemed unlawful by the Supreme Court.