Centre may make public Buta's reports on Bihar
New Delhi, Aug. 30. -- In a rare step, the Centre today told the Supreme Court that it has decided to make public the reports of Governor Mr Buta Singh that led to the controversial presidential proclamation dissolving the Bihar Assembly.
By Rajesh Kumar, Section News
Posted on Tue Aug 30, 2005 at 07:49:08 PM EST
Additional Solicitor General Mr Gopal Subramaniam took the stand before a Bench comprising Chief Justice Mr RC Lahoti, Mr Justice GP Mathur and Mr Justice PK Balasubramanyan, which was hearing pleas of former NDA MLAs challenging the dissolution of the House on 23 May, that the Centre was ready to make available to parties the copies of the Governor's reports.
The disclosure came at a time when senior advocate Mr Soli J Sorabjee was strenuously arguing that reports of the Governor dated 27 April and 21 May be placed before the court for judicial scrutiny. Mr Sorabjee said the court should test as to whether the reports mentioned about sufficient material evidence for the Governor to come to a "grave apprehension" of horse-trading in the Assembly, which was put under suspended animation since 7 March, days after the declaration of election results. -- PTI
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