NEW DELHI: In a breather to the Modi Government, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed till April 27 the Uttarakhand High Court judgement quashing the imposition of President's rule in the state in an interim order that also stalled the revival of the Harish Rawat government.
However, the brief order by the apex court came after it took an undertaking from the Centre that it will not revoke the President's rule, which has been restored by its Friday order. The court clarified that it was passing an interim order as a measure of balance for both the parties as the copy of the verdict was not made available to them, one of the main grounds on which Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi sought a stay on the effect and operation of High Court's Thursday judgement.
“It is directed that the judgement of the High Court shall remain in abeyance till April 27, 2016. That apart, as undertaken by Rohatgi, Attorney General, the Union of India shall not revoke the Presidential Proclamation till the next date of hearing,” a bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh said.
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CONG: HAVE FAITH
IN JUDICIARY
Congress will be presenting facts that the Modi government had in an unconstitutional, illegal and arbitrary manner dismissed a democratically-elected government
BJP: SC STAY HALTED
PIQUANT SITUATION
Supreme Court's stay on the Uttarakhand High Court order has “halted” the piquant situation created in the state. Congress has much to answer for the political crisis
