Chief Ministers: India
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Age
2016, 2018 figures
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From: Manosh Das, NPP’s Conrad, backed by BJP, sworn in as Meghalaya CM, March 7, 2018: The Times of India
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India’s longest serving Chief Ministers (as in Nov 2015)
The youngest Indian Chief Ministers: Part-I
The youngest Indian Chief Ministers: Part-II
The youngest Chief Ministers of India, 2003-18
Assets
2017
Kaushik Deka , The lowdown “India Today” 10/4/2017
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From richest to poorest, Chief Ministers in India
Chief Ministers in India and their assets, movable, immovable and total, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Assam
Criminal cases against CM’s
2017
Kaushik Deka , The lowdown “India Today” 10/4/2017
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Chief Ministers who later became Dy CMs
As in 2022 July
From: July 1, 2022: The Times of India
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Chief Ministers who later became Dy CMs, as in 2022 July
2024
Ajay Sura, Oct 9, 2024: The Times of India
From: Ajay Sura, Oct 9, 2024: The Times of India
Chandigarh : In the previous BJP-led govt in Haryana, Dushyant Chautala was deputy CM, a post he retained until six months ago when his party, Jannayak Janata Party or JJP, severed ties with the BJP. A majority of his MLAs left him soon thereafter, but the state polls were his big hope for a comeback. As the results rolled out on Tuesday, it became clear that this grandson of ex-CM Om Prakash Chautala and great-grandson of exdeputy PM Devi Lal had lost even his deposit from the Uchana Kalan seat. Worse, the JJP has not won a single seat, and its vote share has dropped from 15% to less than 1%.
Some consolation for dynastic democracy, though, is that the state’s three influential families of former CMs — Devi Lal, Bansi Lal, and Bhajan Lal — have managed to secure berths in the assembly. One member from each of the Bansi Lal and Bhajan Lal families and two members from Devi Lal’s family have made it to the legislature.
Former CM Bhajan Lal’s son Chander Mohan (Panch- kula), former deputy PM Devi Lal’s grandson Aditya Devi Lal (Dabwali), great-grandson Arjun Chautala (Rania) and former CM Bansi Lal’s granddaughter Shruti Chaudhary (Tosham) emerged victorious.
The Bhajan Lal family, however, suffered a major setback as Bhavya Bishnoi, grandson of Bhajan Lal and Kuldeep Bishnoi’s son, lost family’s traditional Adampur seat this time. Adampur had been represented by the Bhajan Lal family for more than five decades from 1968.
As many as 14 members of famous Lal families were in the fray this time. These included three members each from the families of Bansi Lal and Bhajan Lal and eight members of Devi Lal’s family.
Imprisonment/ jailing of
Till 2024 Mar
March 22, 2024: The Times of India
Chennai: The arrest of Arvind Kejriwal by Enforcement Directorate while holding the post of chief minister, though rare, is not without precedence. On Sept 29, 2014, the then Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa became the first sitting chief minister to be arrested, immediately after being convicted by a special court in Bengaluru in a disproportionate assets case.
On the day of the verdict, she left Chennai for Bengaluru in a helicopter, hoping to earn an acquittal and return in a few hours as chief minister. It was not to be. Special judge John Michael D’cunha found her guiltily and sentenced her to undergo imprisonment for four months, besides a fine of Rs 100 crore.
She was was driven straight to the Pa- rappana Agrahara jail in Bengaluru, from where she named her finance minister O Panneerselvam as her successor. She again became chief minister on May 22, 2015, after Karnataka high court acquitted her from the corruption case. Other former chief ministers, such as Lalu Prasad (Bihar) and Hemant Soren (Jharkhand), have been arrested by law enforcement agencies before, but they were not holding office when they were taken into custody.
Official accommodation
UP bypasses SC order, lets ex-CMs keep govt houses
The Times of India, August 19, 2016
UP bypasses SC order, lets ex-CMs keep govt houses
The Uttar Pradesh government has effected crucial changes to a state law that would allow former chief ministers of the state to occupy government bungalows for indefinite periods, a move that seeks to cleverly bypass the Supreme Court order on occupancy of CM bungalows. The Supreme Court had, in a significant ruling on VIP encroachment, said former CMs are not entitled to government accommodation and must vacate these in two months. Former UP CMs to be affected by the SC's order would've been Mulayam Singh Yadav and Ram Naresh Yadav (SP), Kalyan Singh and Rajnath Singh (BJP), Mayawati (BSP) and ND Tiwari (Congress).
With the court ordering all CMs to vacate their official bungalows within 15 days of leaving office, the UP cabinet has amended the law to grant legal sanctity to the government's decision to either allow CMs to continue to remain in government bungalows, or to issue fresh allotments.
SC repeals UP ExChief Ministers Residence Allotment Rules
The Times of India, Aug 02 2016
Dhananjay Mahapatra & Amit Anand Choudhary
6 UP ex-CMs face eviction as SC repeals `govt home for life'
The Supreme Court has struck down a 1997 decision of the UP government to allot official bungalows in Lucknow to former chief ministers, including Union home minister Rajnath Singh, BSP chief Mayawati and SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, and ordered their eviction in two months.
The bench said the Ex-Chief Ministers Residence Allotment Rules, 1997, were illegal as they ran contrary to the UP Ministers (Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1981. The Act permits a minister to retain hisher official residence for only 15 days after demitting office.
On the contrary , the 1997 rules allowed the allotment of bungalows to former CMs for life. The SC said the rules were only executive instructions and could not override the Act. Writing the judgment for the bench, Justice Dave said, “The 1997 rules give largesse only to former chief ministers without any element of reasonableness.“
The state attempted to justify the allocation, saying many of the former CMs enjoyed Z-category security and the government had to make adequate arrangements for them. But the bench called it a fig leaf and said the Centre determined the category of security and would accordingly be obliged to provide appropriate accommodation
Uttarakhand HC, 2019: ex-CMs to pay ₹16cr in rent, other dues
Vineet Upadhyay, May 4. 2019: The Times of India
From: Vineet Upadhyay, May 4. 2019: The Times of India
The Uttarakhand high court declared all orders passed by the state government from 2001 till date providing free housing and other facilities for life to former chief ministers “illegal and unconstitutional”. The HC also asked the ex-CMs to pay their pending house rent dues totalling Rs 2.8 crore, calculated at market rates, within six months.
former CMs will also have to clear miscellaneous expenses worth Rs 13 crore in terms of water, electricity and phone bills as well as expenses on travel, fuel and salary of staff members.
According to data cited by the petitioner, Doon-based NGO, Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra, the pending rent of five ex-CMs has been calculated by the state government and submitted in the court as an affidavit. Former CM N D Tiwari owes the state government Rs 1.12 crore followed by B S Koshyari who has to pay Rs 47.57 lakh as rent. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has pending rent dues of Rs 40.95 lakh, while Vijay Bahuguna has to pay Rs 37.50 lakh. Inform ex-CMs about dues in 4 months: HC
According to data cited by the petitioner which was procured through RTI, Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s miscellaneous dues are over Rs 3 crore followed by B C Khanduri (Rs 2.8 crore), N D Tiwari (Rs 2.3 crore), Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (Rs 2.1 crore) and Vijay Bahuguna (Rs 1.1 crore). Former chief minister Nityanand Swami also owes the state Rs 1.5 lakh.
The matter was heard in the division bench of CJ Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice Ramesh Chandra Khulbe. The HC further asked the state government to again calculate the amount within four months and to intimate it to the ex-CMs, who “within six months from the date of such intimation, will have to pay the final amount to the state .”
Former Chief Ministers
Provide 2-3 room flats: Uttarakhand HC
The Times of India, Apr 24 2016
Provide 2-3 room flats, not big houses, to ex-CMs: U'khand HC
Vineet Upadhyay
In a significant observation, the Uttarakhand high court asked the state to “frame some rules“ about providing facilities to ex-CMs. The HC was hearing a PIL filed by Avdhash Kaushal, founder of the NGO Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra. The PIL alleged that former CMs like ND Tiwari, Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Ramesh Pokhriyal and BC Khanduri were being given a number of facilities including “palatial government bungalows“ at government expense even though they had their own houses. Although the HC did not pass any written order, it told the state that they should “only provide 2-3 room flats to the ex-CMs“.
The division bench of Justice UC Dhyani and VK Bist added that rules should be framed so that the ex-CMs are “alloted flats depending on their needs but not bigger than 2-3 rooms“.
In his PIL, Kaushal, a Padma Shri awardee, had mentioned a list of houses owned by the former CMs to highlight that despite having “huge houses“ as per the affidavits submitted by them, they had alloted themselves “furnished palatial bungalows“ along with staff and official vehicles, without approval from the state assembly.
Powers of CMs
HC’s observation
Vaibhav Ganjapure, March 17, 2023: The Times of India
Nagpur : Coming down heavily on Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde for interfering in cooperation minister Atul Save’s working, the Nagpur bench of Bombay high court has ruled that “he has no supervisory powers to review or modify the decisions taken by the minister concerned”.
Quashing Shinde’s decision of November 29 last year wherein he stayed Save’s order allowing petitioner Chandrapur District Central Cooperative Bank (CDCCB) to start recruitment process, the HC clarified that the order of granting permission is of administrative nature, which can be reviewed only by the in-charge minister.
“The CM has no independent power assigned under the Maharashtra government rules of business and instructions to review or modify the decision taken bythe minister concerned. Therefore, the order of stay granted by him would not stand,” a division bench held on March 3, while terming the CM’s intervention as “wholly unwarranted and without the authority of law”. The CDCCB had challenged the CM’s stay order contending that he lacks jurisdiction and it was in breach of principles of natural justice.
Arguing that the CM had not verified the allegations before passing the order, thepetitioner said the proposal for filling up 393 posts was sanctioned by the cooperation commissioner after an inquiry. “The CM’s order was passed at the behest of local politicians, and it was politically motivated and discriminatory. It does not take into consideration that the bank was facing acute staff shortage, making it impossible to run 93 branches,” the petition said. It said a complaint was filed by Chandrapur MP Suresh Dhanorkar.
The respondents, including the government, said being head of the council of ministers, the CM is responsible for acts of his ministers and has every power to review their orders. Calling the petition premature, they said the CM has merely stayed the process and directed to initiate inquiry. The respondents contended that the petitioner body had allegedly misappropriated huge sums during the recruitment process, for which criminal action was initiated.
Tenures
1952-2019, Apr
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From: April 4, 2019: The Times of India
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Chief ministers (and one Prime Minister) with the longest tenures, as in 2019 April
Shortest tenure
1963- 2019
From: Nov 27, 2019: The Times of India
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Indian Chief Ministers with the shortest tenures, 1963- 2019
As in May 2019
From: May 24, 2019: The Times of India
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Till Oct, 2020
From: Sanjeev Singh, October 27, 2020: The Times of India
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India's longest serving CMs, as in October 2020
As in 2020 Nov
From: November 11, 2020: The Times of India
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India’s longest running CMs, As in 2020 Nov
2023 July, as in
24 years and166 days: Pawan Kumar Chamling, Sikkim CM
23 years and 139 days Naveen Patnaik Odisha CM. He first took oath as CM on March 5, 2000
Women Chief Ministers
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Women Chief Ministers (as in April 2016)
