NIGHT DRAMA THAT SUCCEEDED

Kalyan Singh was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Romesh Bhandari was the Governor. He,  illegally dismissed the Kalyan Singh Government on 21^st February, 1998.  A writ petition was filed the same night and he was reinstated. This is the only time that the a deposed head of a State was put back in saddle by the court. Here is the account of the same. 

Raj Bhavan Lucknow, where impugned order was passed - courtesy official website of the Raj Bhavan

The writ petition at the Allahabad High Court was filed in the name of Dr. NKS Gaur, an MLA from Allahabad North and Minister of Higher Education in UP, but for the sake of convenience, the case is referred as 'the Kalyan-Singh case'.  

During my tenure as a judge, it has been matter of speculation/ complaint how I became Additional Advocate General and why was this case entrusted to me. This is explained in Appendix-I to this article. In order to complete the picture, Romesh Bhandari's perspective is mentioned in Appendix-II.