Nagaland CM Liezietsu will face floor test tomorrow after court dismisses plea

The Governor of Nagaland PB Acharya has directed Speaker of Nagaland Legislative Assembly to summon an emergency Special Session of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly on July 19 at 9:30 am to test the majority support of the present cabinet led by Chief Minister Dr Shurhozelie Liezietsu.

This directive comes following the dismissal of the writ petition filed by Dr Shurhozelie Liezietsu on July 14 in Kohima Bench of Guwahati High Court vide Judgment and Order dated July 18 as well as vacation of the earlier interim order passed by the same Court on July 14, 2017.

Liezietsu had challenged Acharya's



decision asking him to obtain vote of confidence in the assembly before July 15 saying that it was "unconstitutional, illegal, arbitrary and violative of the basic features of the Constitution".

The court was of the considered opinion that the Governor had taken the right decision to ask Liezietsu to have a vote of confidence in the assembly to see which out of the two contesting claimants (Liezietsu and Zeliang) to chief ministership has a majority in the House.

The court further stated that there was no merit in the writ petition filed by Dr Shurhozelie Liezietsu and the same was accordingly dismissed.