Implications for Tamil Nadu

The Supreme Court decision on timelines for President and governors on bills passed by legislatures has immediate significance for Tamil Nadu, where the impasse over the ten bills has been pending.

- HD Bureau

The April ruling’s deemed-assent order has now been repudiated by the advisory, and the Governor’s discretion is reaffirmed—even as the underlying legislative-executive tension remains politically charged. For the executive branch, the verdict restores latitude in decision-making; for legislatures the message is clear that delay without justification is constitutionally impermis