- विज्ञापन -
New Delhi The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL challenging the appointment of Deputy Chief Ministers in various states as being violative of Article 14. In this matter the Court opined that the Deputy Chief Minister was firstly a minister within the state government and the position was merely a label and nothing more.
The bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra refused to entertain the petition considering it to be misconceived.
The petitioner, ‘Public Political Party’ had sought a mandamus from the Court to stop the “unconstitutional appointment” of Deputy Chief Ministers in various states.
A Deputy Chief Minister, was a minister first and that the post of a ‘Deputy Chief Minister’ was “only a label
The CJI expressed that even a Deputy Chief Minister, was a minister first and that the post of a ‘Deputy Chief Minister’ was “only a label”. He further explained that the appointment of a deputy Chief Minister has no bearing in the constitutional sense, the label does not provide any extra perks such as a higher salary. The advocate for the petitioner contended that appointment of deputy chief minister was violative of article 14.
