HC dismisses Liezietsu's petition seeking sufficient time

The Gauhati High Court today dismissed the petition of former Nagaland Chief Minister Shurhozelie Liezietsu, seeking sufficient time to prove his majority in the state assembly.

A division bench of the high court, comprising Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice Arup Goswami, upheld the verdict of Gauhati High Court's Kohima bench.

The Kohima bench had upheld Nagaland Governor P B Acharya's directive to Liezietsu to go for floor test to prove his majority.

The high court dismissed Liezietsu's petition seeking sufficient time to obtain the vote of confidence after the by-election to be held on July 29, in which he is a Naga People's Front candidate.