The Maharashtra government on Tuesday told Bombay High Court that the Court is not empowered to scrutinize the decision of withdrawing 12 names recommended by the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government for members of legislative council.
A division bench of chief justice DK Upadhyaya and justice Arif Doctor was hearing a public interest litigation filed by Sunil Modi, Area Head of Kolhapur Municipal Corporation, who is part of the Thackeray Shiv Sena.
In November 2020, the MVA government had recommended a list of 12 names to the Governor as MLCs. Soon a petition was filed in the High Court seeking directions to the Governor to decide on the same. In 2021, the High Court decided that it is the Governor’s constitutional duty to accept or return names within a reasonable time.
