New Delhi, 11/5: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Governor is not empowered under the Constitution and the laws to enter the political arena and play a role, however minute, either in inter-party disputes or in intra-party disputes.
A five-judge bench presided over by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud came down heavily upon the then Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari saying he erred in concluding that Uddhav Thackeray, leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra had lost the majority in the House and went by extraneous reasons by asking him to face a floor test.
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