The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said it was "unfortunate that two highest constitutional functionaries [Chief Minister and Governor] of a State did not trust each other"
A Division Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M.S. Karnik made the observation while hearing two public interest litigation petitions, one filed by Maharashtra BJP MLA Girish Mahajan. The pleas challenge the procedure of selection of the Speaker for the State Assembly.
Dismissing the pleas, the court said, "it would be appropriate for the two [the Chief Minister and the Governor] to sit together and sort out the differences." It noted, "The public is least interested in who is going to be the Speaker of the Assembly. Just go and ask the public who is the Speaker of the Lok Sabha? How many in this court will be able to answer? You have to show that this issue is worthy of a PIL. The Speaker is just a member of the legislature. What is the public interest here?"
