HC reserves verdict on plea to declare illegal the nomination of three MLAs to Puducherry Assembly
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The Madras High Court on Thursday reserved its judgement on a public interest litigation petition to declare illegal, a notification issued by the Union Home Ministry on May 10 nominating three MLAs t
The Madras High Court on Thursday reserved its judgement on a public interest litigation petition to declare illegal, a notification issued by the Union Home Ministry on May 10 nominating three MLAs to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly. Justices Anita Sumanth and Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy deferred their verdict after hearing Solicitor General Tushar Mehta for the Union Home Ministry, advocate M. Gnanasekar for the PIL petitioner G.A. Jagaannathan and advocate V. Raghavachari for two of the nominated MLAs. The petitioner’s counsel had contended that the credentials of the three individuals nominated by the Centre were questionable though the nominated MLAs should be men of eminence. He also questioned the hurry with which the nominations had been made even before the elected MLAs could be sworn in.More Related News