Nainital, July 7 -- The Uttarakhand High Court has completed hearing in the public interest litigation filed by Rajya Sabha MP and BJP leader Subramanian Swamy challenging the constitutional validity of the Char Dham Devsthanam Management Board formed by the State Government. The judgement has been reserved by the division bench of chief justice Ramesh Ranganathan and justice RC Khulbe which had been hearing the case since June 29.
Swamy has contended that the Devsthanam Act is unconstitutional stating that it violates articles 25, 26 and 32 of the Indian constitution. The act makes the chief minister the head of the board whereas his task is to run the government. The CM is a public representative and there is no justification for him bei...