The Bombay High Court on Monday said the governor has a Constitutional duty to either accept or not accept the proposal sent by the chief minister nominating persons to the Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC), adding there was no escape from this duty.

A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni asked that if a proposal has been forwarded by the chief minister with the aid and advice of the state council of ministers for nomination of persons to MLC posts, then was it not the duty of the governor to take a decision.