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A writ petition was filed successful the Supreme Court connected Saturday (May 9, 2026) to state a May 7 property merchandise by Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Arlekar, denying the assertion made by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) enactment president C. Joseph Vijay to signifier the government, arsenic unconstitutional and arbitrary.
The petition filed by retired Indian Police Service (IPS) serviceman M. Ramasubramani, done advocator G. Siva Bala Murugan, submitted that the Governor’s refusal to invitation Mr. Vijay, arsenic the caput of the azygous largest enactment which emerged aft the precocious concluded Assembly election, was a hostile determination against parliamentary democracy.
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It said the Governor’s insistence that Mr. Vijay should show the “requisite bulk support” indispensable for enactment of authorities was contrary to the settled law conventions governing enactment of authorities successful a hung Assembly.
The petition said the property merchandise efficaciously foreclosed the law process without permitting the azygous largest governmental enactment to found its bulk connected the level of the Legislative Assembly.
“It is well-settled that successful a parliamentary ideology governed by the Constitution, the question whether a governmental enactment oregon conjugation commands bulk enactment tin lone beryllium determined connected the level of the House and not by mode of subjective satisfaction, backstage consultations oregon roving enquiry undertaken astatine Lok Bhavan,” Mr. Ramasubramani submitted.
The Governor cannot terminate the law process without a level trial erstwhile a viable assertion to bulk exists, the petition said.
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This the 2nd petition filed successful the Supreme Court successful arsenic galore days questioning the Governor’s presumption that Mr. Vijay should supply carnal letters of enactment from MLAs to beryllium that helium had the numbers successful the 234-seat Assembly.
The earlier petition by Ezhilarasi P., who said she was a TVK enactment member, argued that the Governor was “duty bound” to invitation Mr. Vijay, arsenic the person of the azygous largest party, to signifier the authorities successful the State, and aboriginal beryllium the bulk connected the level of the House.
