Maharashtra Governor Meets Amit Shah Hours After High Court Ruling On Him

Bombay High Court, while hearing a plea seeking direction to the Governor to decide on MLC nominations, had said that the Governor has a "constitutional obligation" to either accept or reject "within reasonable time" the proposal sent by the state cabinet to nominate 12 persons as MLCs.

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari held a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi, hours after the Bombay High Court ruled that the Maharashtra Governor was duty-bound to decide on the Member of Legislative Council or MLC nominations within "reasonable time". The Raj Bhavan, however, termed the meeting that took place on Friday evening as a "courtesy call". The delay by Mr Koshyari in taking a decision on the proposal sent by the Maharashtra cabinet to nominate 12 persons as Members of the Legislative Council (MLCs) from his quota has become a major bone of contention between him and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government of Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress in the state. The Bombay High Court, while hearing a petition filed by a Nashik resident seeking a direction to the Governor to decide on the nominations, had said on Friday that the Governor has a "constitutional obligation" to either accept or reject "within reasonable time" the proposal sent by the state cabinet to nominate 12 persons as MLCs.