SC Examining Centre's View on TN Ruling

The Kerala Government Approached the Top Court in 2023 Alleging That the Governor Was Sitting on Eight Bills

- Abraham Thomas

NEW DELHI: A recent landmark Supreme Court judgment regulating the powers of governors to grant assent on bills will not apply to Kerala because the facts of the two cases are different, the Centre told the top court on Tuesday, even as a two-judge bench agreed to examine whether the April 8 verdict had any bearing on the Kerala government's petition against the governor.

Kerala first approached the top court in 2023 against the governor. A bench of justices PS Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi posted the Kerala government's petition on May 6.

"We will look into that judgment and see whether issues raised here are covered," the bench said when attorney general R Venkataramani and solicitor general Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre and the governor's office, respectively, said the recent judgment delivered by a bench headed by justice JB Pardiwala did not cover the issues raised by the Kerala government.