Supreme Court Says Governor Cannot Dismiss Minister!

The state government and Governor having issues is not a new thing and have seen such instances a few times. But the trend has picked up and more and more instances are coming out. The governments and the Governors are having a fallout. This is not the case with one or two states but many states are going through this.

If we look at the common point in these instances the non-BJP-ruled states are seeing issues. We have seen how the Supreme Court expressed shock over the then-Maharashtra Governor asking the government to go for the floor test.

Now the Supreme Court made some critical comments and said that the Governor has no power to remove the Minister. Dealing with a petition challenging the Governor’s decision to remove the Cabinet Minister, the Apex Court made these comments.

Talking about the Tamil Nadu Governor’s decision to remove the Minister the Supreme Court said that the Governor has no power to do so and the Governor should also consider the recommendations made by the council of ministers.

Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi recently issued orders to remove V Senthil Balaji from the Cabinet. The ruling party leader is facing allegations of corruption and was even grilled by the ED. Following this, the orders were issued by the state governor.

A lawyer took strong objection to this and moved the High Court. However, the Court did not consider the petition which made him move the Supreme Court. The bench of justices comprising Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said that the Governor should only follow the recommendations of the Cabinet.

In the verdict, the Supreme Court said that what the High Court said was right and the Governor could have not issued the orders disming the Miniter. The new incident had once again started the debate on the limits of powers exercised by governors.