Supreme Court indicts Buta Singh in dissolution issue

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that Governor Buta Singh acted in undue haste in sending his report which led to the dissolution of the Bihar Assembly.
A five-judge constitution bench by a majority judgement of 3:2 said the full motive of the Governor was to prevent JD(U) from claiming stake for government formation in the state.
The court held that the Governor mislead the Union Council of Ministers by sending the report containing unascertained facts.
The majority judgement was passed by Chief Justice Y K Sabharwal, Justice B N Agarwal and Justice Ashok Bhan.
The minority view was taken by Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice Arijit Passayat.
The court said though Governor is a main player but the Council of Ministers should have verified the report before accepting it as gospel truth.