Uttarakhand: Is govt a private party, HC raps Centre

Nainital: In a major setback to BJP,  Nainital High Court on Thursday set aside President's rule in Uttarakhand. LIVE Updates:

• HC's decision is lesson for @narendramodi government: Harish Rawat
• Just when we were about to prove our majority, President’s Rule was imposed: Harish Rawat
• The Uttarakhand HC decision is a victory of people of the state, says Harish Rawat
• PM Modi & Amit Shah will be advised to tender an unconditional apology to nation for murdering constitutional norm: Randeep Surjewala
• Harish Rawat government is in minority, #BJP will prove it on April 29: Kailash Vijayvargiya , BJP general secretary.
• Time to get a new AG and SG for the BJP Govt, tweets Subramanian Swamy
• Centre to move Supreme Court against #Uttarakhand HC's decision
• Fate of 9 Congress MLAs was entirely irrelevant and extraneous to imposition of President's rule: HC.
• Truth has prevailed, we respect the decision of the HC, tweets Harish Rawat
• Status quo as on date of proclamation of President's rule be restored. Govt led by petioner Rawat will revive: HC
• 9 dissident Congress MLAs have to pay the price of committing "Constitutional sin" of defection by being disqualified: HC.

 

#Uttarakhand HC sets aside President's rule proclamation: Celebrations at Harish Rawat's residence in Dehradun pic.twitter.com/AIpzmSmsJV

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 21, 2016

• Floor test in #Uttarakhand assembly to be conducted on April 29
• High Court says material considered for imposing President's rule has been found wanting.
• High Court quashes Centre's proclamation imposing President's rule.
• Art 356 was imposed in Uttarakhand contrary to law laid down by Supreme Court: High Court.
• Uttarakhand High Court allows Harish Rawat's plea challenging imposition of President's rule.

After two consecutive days of hearing on a matter filed by ousted chief minister Harish Rawat, the court said the proclamation of central rule in the state stood null and void. Congress leader and former finance minister Indira Hridayesh said her party "saluted the judiciary for upholding truth and law". Earlier during the day, the High Court  asked government to consider putting the revocation of President's Rule on hold for a week. Coming down heavily on the Centre the High Court said, "Tomorrow if you revoke president rule and invite somebody it will be a travesty of justice, is Government a private party?" "It is pained that Government of India is behaving in this fashion -not clarifying whether it can keep revocation on hold," the court further said. The bench of Chief Justice K.M. Joseph and Justice V.K. Bist, hearing a petition filed by deposed chief minister Harish Rawat, has made scathing observations.