NEW DELHI -- The Supreme Court yesterday refused to stay elections to the Bihar assembly, even as a constitution bench will take up for hearing on September 6 the question of whether a governor who fails to perform his duties can be made answerable to the court.
A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice R.C. Lahoti and judges G.P. Mathur and P.K. Balasubramaniam ruled that constitution bench would also hear the plea for staying the elections.
The court was hearing a batch of petitions challenging the president's May 23 order dissolving the Bihar assembly.
