Shimla, May 30 -- The Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued a notice to Kewal Singh Pathania, currently holding the post of Deputy Chief Whip, in response to a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the position itself.
The division bench comprising justices Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Sushil Kukreja passed the order while accepting the application filed by the petitioner.
The writ petition, filed in 2019 by advocate Rajneesh Maniktala, contends that the posts of Chief Whip and Deputy Chief Whip were created solely to accommodate political functionaries and are in violation of constitutional principles.
Senior advocate Rajneesh Maniktala, appearing for the petitioner, argued that the legislation brought in by the state to crea...