File picture of Shivraj Singh Chouhan shakeing hands with Governor Lalji Tandon after taking oath as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister at Raj Bhawan in Bhopal.|Image Credit:
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The peak court depended on its landmark nine-judge S.R. Bommai decision of 1994 and said that the Governor was right in calling for a trust vote.
The Supreme Court on Monday supported Madhya Pradesh Guv Lalji Tandon’s choice asking the then Kamal Nath-led Congress government to prove majority, saying the Governor has the power to call for a flooring test
The top court, which had on March 19 asked Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker N.P. Prajapati to reconvene an unique session the next day with a sole program of carrying out the flooring test, provided an in-depth order on Monday.
Following the apex court order, senior Congress leader Kamal Nath had actually resigned on March 20, after 15 months of taking over as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, which led the way for development of BJP federal government in the State led by Shivraj Singh Chauhan.
On Monday, a bench of Justices.Y. Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta, in its in-depth decision rejected the submission of the then Kamal Nath government that a Guv at best can call a session of the Assembly but can not direct