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Nomination of 5 MLAs outside purview of elected Govt: MHA
The Northlines
|August 12, 2025
LG has to nominate legislators without aid, advice of Cabinet
The Ministry of Home Affairs has informed Jammu & Kashmir High Court that nomination of five MLAs of Jammu & Kashmir Assembly falls outside the purview of the elected government and is to be made by the Lieutenant Governor without aid and advice of the council of ministers.
In a preliminary affidavit reply submitted to J&K High Court, the MHA has stated that J&K Reorganisation Act explicitly confers upon the LG the statutory authority to nominate members to the Legislative Assembly.
This story is from the August 12, 2025 edition of The Northlines.
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