The honorable court through its bench comprising of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud with Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra dismissed a PIL filed under Article 32 that challenges the appointment of Deputy Chief Ministers in States.
The petitioner’s advocate argued that the appointment of the Deputy Chief Ministers violates Article 14 of the Constitution because it establishes a precedent for other authorities to follow. The said contention was that these appointments are based solely on religion or belonging to a specific section of society, without any other merit-based criteria. This, according to the petitioner, contradicts both Article 14 and Article 51A of the Constitution.
The court affirmed a Deputy Chief Minister primarily serves as a Minister within the State Government and holding the title of Deputy Chief Minister does not contravene the constitutional requirement that a Minister must, within a specified timeframe, become a member of the legislature to qualify for the appointment.
Thereby honorable court was of the opinion that the said challenge before the court lacked substance and hence dismissed the petition.
CASE NAME: Public Political Party Vs Union of India.
Name: Riddhi Gupta, Course: BALLB, College: Vivekananda Institute Of Professional Studies, Intern Under Legal Vidhiya.
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