Searching for federal balance

The Supreme Court order on gubernatorial powers is unlikely to resolve the power struggle between Raj Bhavans and state governments

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The Supreme Court's decision that governors and the President cannot be bound by judicially imposed timelines in granting assent to legislation clearly demarcates the powers of the judiciary and executive, but also effectively rolls back a previous judgment that had clamped fetters on gubernatorial powers.

This is likely to perpetuate the trend of escalating conflict in several states between the elected government and Raj Bhavans.