The Times Of India reports: NEW DELHI: A governor has no option but to invite the single largest party or a post-poll alliance to form govt after elections and cannot inquire into how the majority support was garnered by the single largest party or the alliance - Supreme Court's constitution benches have ruled consistently, from the landmark S R Bommai judgment in 1994 to Rameshwar Prasad in 2006. Watch Vijay Claims Support Of 118 MLAs, Likely To Take Oath As Tamil Nadu CM TomorrowSC had said, "If, after polls, two or more parties come together, it may be difficult to deny their claim of majority on the stated grounds of such illegality.
Every misuse of this power has its consequences which may not be evident immediately but surface in a vicious form a few years later..."
Originally reported by The Times Of India. This story has been edited and re-presented by BRIC Team.
