The Supreme Court has rightly held that the dissolution
of the Bihar Assembly was unconstitutional. On assuming office,
the President of India takes a solemn oath to uphold the
Constitution. The same Consitution as currently amended enjoins
him to accept any recommendation of the Cabinet f
Tony Correia-Afonso has rightly asked the question whether the President of
India should have signed the reommendation for governor's rule in Bihar, in
light of the Supreme Court declaring the event as unconsitutional.
Even while I full agree with Tony's suggestion that the President should
ta
In his response to my posting on the subject, Sachin Phadte asks about the
role of the President:
"Under the circumstances, what could he have done?"
As pointed out by M.J. Akbar, the editor of "Asian Age" in a recent issue of the
paper, he could have:
1) Asked for time and stated that he woul
