CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No.
on appeal by Certificate from the Judgment and order dated 10.12.79 of the Allahabad High Court in W.P. No.
3491 of 1979.
Appellant in person.
A Girish Chandra and R.N. Poddar for the respondents.
The order of the Court was delivered by The appellant had filed a writ petition in the High Court of Allahabad challenging the companytinuance in office of Shri Charan Singh as the Prime Minister and Shri S.N. Kacker as Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs.
Stated briefly, the companytention of the appellant is that Shri Charan Singh failed to seek the mandate of the Lok Sabha within three weeks after assuming the office of the Prime Minister as directed by the President of India, that instead of facing the House he submitted the resignation of his Government on August 20, 1979 and that his companytinuation in office therefore as a caretaker Prime Minister without taking a fresh oath of office was unconstitutional.
2402 of 1979.
