Govt to seek review of SC order on deadline for Bills

THE GOVERNMENT IS likely to file a review petition on the Supreme Court judgement setting a timeframe for the President and the governors to decide on giving assent to bills passed by state legislatures.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Sources aware of the development said that besides seeking a review of the timeline, the government may seek a review of the apex court's order that the state governments can directly approach it if the President withholds assent to a bill sent by a governor for consideration. There are active considerations at the highest echelon of the government on the issue and, in all probability, a review petition will be filed in the SC, the sources said. The grounds on which the review petition will be filed are being considered and will be known once the government approaches the apex court.

If the government approaches the Supreme Court, the review petition will have to be filed before the same bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan that pronounced the verdict, the sources said.

After the April 8 judgement, the Tamil Nadu government notified 10 pending bills as Acts in the government gazette, citing the Supreme Court's ruling that they were 'deemed' to have received assent.