Breaking : SC To Hear Tomorrow Plea By Sena-Congress-NCP Against Maharashtra Government Formation
Live LawThe Supreme Court will hold a special sitting tomorrow at 11.30 AM to hear the petition filed by Congress, Shiv Sena and NCP against the formation of BJP government in Maharashtra.The matter will be considered by a bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Ashok Bhushan and Sanjiv Khanna.. The petition was filed today evening challenging the decision of Maharashtra Governor to invite BJP to form government in Maharashtra, which was placed under President's rule on November 12 in view of the political stalemate. Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP claim that they formed a post-poll alliance named "Maha Vikas Aghadi" having 154 members in the 288 member house and had announced Uddhav Thackarey as the CM on Friday night. The petitioners seek a declaration from a Court that Governor's decision to invite Devendra Fadnavis to form the Government as "unconstitutional, arbitrary, illegal, void-ab-initio, and violative of Article 14 of Constitution of India".