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Vijender Jain, Acting C.J.
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1. This writ petition was filed in the year 1999 with the following prayers:
(i) the President had no discretion in the matter and he should have invited the acknowledged leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha during the process of consultation and not a person who was not the elected member of the House;
(ii) the disregard to the well established Constitutional Convention has hurt the basic structure of the Constitution;
(iii) no person who is not a citizen within meaning of Article 5 of the Constitution has the right to be elected or appointed to any public office under the Constitution;