Timelines for Prez, Guvs will lead to constitutional disorder, Centre tells SC

THE Centre on Saturday cautioned the Supreme Court that fixing timelines on governors and the president to act on bills passed by a state Assembly would lead to a "constitutional disorder".

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @New Delhi

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta has said this in a written submission filed in the Presidential Reference raising constitutional issues on whether timelines could be imposed for dealing with bills passed by a state Assembly.

"The alleged failure, inaction or error of one organ does not and cannot authorise another organ to assume powers that the Constitution has not vested in it.