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SC frames questions in TN-guv row over withholding assent to bills
Hindustan Times West UP
|February 07, 2025
The Supreme Court on Thursday set about defining the constitutional contours of a governor's authority regarding assent to bills, framing eight key questions while expressing strong disapproval of Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi's prolonged delay in acting upon bills passed by the state legislature.
NEW DELHI:
A bench of justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan observed that the Tamil Nadu governor seems to have devised his "own procedure" in withholding assent to bills referred by the state government, and sought the reasons behind Ravi keeping the bills pending for three years and then referring it to the President.
This story is from the February 07, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times West UP.
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