Prez Reference: SC asks can it sit idle if Guv fails in duty, reserves verdict

Calling itself the “custodian of the Constitution”, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked if it could “sit idle” if a constitutional functionary like Governor failed to discharge duties as it reserved the verdict on the presidential reference on grant of assent to bills.

- First India Bureau

In the marathon hearings spanning 10 days, a Constitution bench of headed by Chief Justice B R Gavai heard legal luminaries including Attorney General R Venkataramani, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and senior advocates Kapil Sibal, Abhishek Singhvi, Gopal Subramanium, Arvind Datar and others on the presidential reference which centered around Article 200 and