SC to hear 'urgently' petition challenging Parrikar's swearing in as Goa CM

The court will hear the matter on Tuesday despite it being a holiday for Holi.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear a petition filed by the Congress challenging the swearing in of Manohar Parrikar as the Chief Minister of Goa. Chief Justice of India, J S Khehar agreed to hear the matter on an urgent basis and set up a special bench for Tuesday.

The court will hear the matter on Tuesday despite it being a holiday for Holi. The petition filed by Goa Congress legislator Chandrakant Kavlekar challenged the Governor's decision to invite Parrikar to form the government.

He said that in a hung assembly it should be the largest party which should be invited first to form the government.

The Congress is the single largest party in Goa and should have been invited to form the government, he also said.

The petitioner also said that the Governor should have invited the Congress to form the government first according to the guidelines laid down in the Rameshwar Prasad judgment.

The judgment makes it clear that the single largest party be given the first chance to the form the government in case of a hung assembly. He further cited the Sakaria Commission recommendations which are identical to the Rameshwar Prasad judgment. The invite to Parrikar is against Constitutional practise, the petitioner also said.

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