G. PARMESHWARA vs UNION OF INDIA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY

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2018 Supreme(SC) 610

A.K.SIKRI, S.A.BOBDE, ASHOK BHUSHAN
G. PARMESHWARA – Appellant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioners: Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Mr. Kapil Sibal, Mr. Anup Chaudhary, Mr. V. Lakmshminarayan, Mr. Ashok Bhan, Mr. N.K. Mody, Mr. Devadatt Kamat, Mr. Prashant Kumar, Mr. Amit Bhandhari, Mr. Varun K. Chopra, Mr. Nizam Pasha, Mr. Javedur Rahman, Mr. Aditya Bhat, Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Mr. Harndar Neel, Mr. Santosh Sharma, Ms. Siddhi Padia, Mr. Sumeeta Choudhari, Ms. R.H.A. Sikander, Ms. Dipali Dwivedi, Mr. Siddharth K., Mr. L. Nidhiram Sharma, Mr. Gautam Talukdar, Mr. Kapil Sibal, Mr. V. Laxmshminarayan, Sr. Adv Mr. A.P. Ranganatha, Mr. K. Diwakar, Mr. R. Srinivasa Gowda, Mr. L. Srinivas Babu, Mr. D.K. Garg, Mr. P. Chidambaram, Mr. Sunil Fernandes, Mr. Ashish Khetan, Ms. Nupur Kumar, Ms. Anju Thomas, Adv.
For the Respondents Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Mr. S. Padhi, Mr. Kush Chaturvedi, Mr. Sandip Patil, Mr. Kavin Prabhu, Mr. Somay Kapoor, Mr. Devanshi Singh, Mr. Nikhil Rohatgi, Adv Mr. Shashank Khurana, Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, Mr. Samten Doma, Ms. Priyashree, Mr. Ashish Yadav, Ms. Nisha Rohtagi, Ms. Devyansha, Mr. Vivek Reddy, Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Mr. Nishanth Patil, Mr. Sandeep Patil, Mr. Sudhanshu Prakash, Mr. Nishanth Patil, Mr. Arun Shyam, Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Mr. Maninder Singh, Col. R. Balasubramanian, Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, Mr. Nalin Kohli, Mr. Rajat Nair, Mr. Prabhas Bajaj, Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, Ms. Kanika Saran, Ms. Aarti Sharma, Mr. B. V. Balaram Das, Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG Mr. Santosh N., Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Ms. Napur Sharma, Mr. Mohit Jhamb, Adv

ORDER :

1. In compliance with the order dated 17.05.2018 passed by this Court, Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, senior advocate who is appearing for respondent no.3, has produced the copies of letters dated 15.05.2018 and 16.05.2018 which were addressed by Mr. B.S. Yeddyurappa, State BJP President to the Governor of Karnataka. In the letter dated 16.05.2018 it is claimed that his party is the single largest party and has also the support of others and requisite majority. On that basis, the request was made to the Governor to invite him to form the Government.

2. Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, learned senior counsel who is appearing for petitioner no.1 and Mr. Kapil Sibal, learned senior counsel who is appearing for petitioner no.2 contend that the Governor could not have invited respondent no.3 to form the Government on the basis of such letters and have made brief submissions in this behalf. These are refuted by Mr. Rohatgi. In a matter like this, detailed hearing is required in order to decide as to whether action of the Governor in inviting respondent no.3 to form the Government was valid in law or not. Since it may consume substantial time and the final decision cannot be given immediately, we dee

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2018 Supreme(SC) 610

A.K.SIKRI, S.A.BOBDE, ASHOK BHUSHANG. PARMESHWARA – AppellantVersusUNION OF INDIA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY – Respondent

A.K.SIKRI, S.A.BOBDE, ASHOK BHUSHAN
G. PARMESHWARA – Appellant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY – Respondent