Himachal HC fixes next hearing for appointment of chief parliamentary secretaries on May 8

The Himachal HC bench concluded the three-day-long drawn arguments in the petition challenging the appointment of chief parliamentary secretaries.

A Himachal Pradesh high court division bench on Wednesday concluded the three-day-long drawn arguments in the petition challenging the appointment of chief parliamentary secretaries.

Himachal HC has fixed May 8 as the next date for the hearing. (HT File)

The court has fixed May 8 as the next date for the hearing.

Senior advocate from Supreme Court Maninder Singh had concluded his arguments on Monday, while the advocate general had submitted that the state has initiated the process of engaging senior advocates to defend the case on their behalf.

“The letter produced by the learned advocate general is dated 27.03.2024. There was sufficient time available for the state to engage and make available an arguing counsel on behalf of the state to defend the state. At this stage, the learned advocate general has clarified by submitting that the inability expressed by him not to appear on behalf of the state recorded hereinabove, was because of the decision of the State to engage senior advocates to defend it in the present case,” the bench observed while hearing the case.