After SC win, TN enacts laws without guv's nod

The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday notified 10 bills as law, predominantly related to university appointments, the first legislation in India to take effect without a governor's signature but through the strength of a Supreme Court judgment.

- Divya Chandrababu

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday notified 10 bills as law, predominantly related to university appointments, the first legislation in India to take effect without a governor's signature but through the strength of a Supreme Court judgment.

The notification follows a landmark verdict on April 8 in which the Supreme Court declared governor RN Ravi's inaction on state bills "illegal" and laid down unprecedented timelines to curb gubernatorial overreach.

"History is made as these are the first Acts of any legislature in India to have taken effect without the signature of the governor/President," P Wilson, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP and one of the four senior counsel who argued the case, said on social media website X.

The government moved to notify the laws immediately after the court uploaded its 415-page judgment late on Friday.