First, SC has set a 3 -month deadline for the President to decide on bills referred to by the Governors by the President.
New Delhi: In an unprecedented step, for the first time, the Supreme Court has set a three -month deadline for the President, which is to decide on the bills forwarded by the governors of the state from the date of the receipt.
SC said, “We consider it appropriate to adopt the timeline set by the Ministry of Home Affairs … and believe that the President needs to decide on bills reserved for his views, the date from which such a reference is obtained within a period of three months,” SC said.
“In case of any delay beyond this period, appropriate reasons should be recorded and informed to the concerned state. States require to expand cooperation by being ally and answering questions that can consider the suggestions made by the Central Government.”
It comes four days later when the apex court approved 10 bills, which stopped and reserved for the idea of President Draupadi Murmu by Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi – and established a time -long line for all governors to work on bills passed by state assemblies.
What did SC say on the governors sitting on the bills?
On 8 April, a bench, including Justice JB Pardwala and R Mahadevan, declared it illegally and legally faulty in the second round of burning 10 bills for the President’s view.
The apex court noted that “where the Governor reserves a bill for the idea of the President and the President, in return will be open to the state government to accept such action at this time”.
It had criticized the Governor of Tamil Nadu for violating constitutional provisions by delaying action on bills passed by the State Legislative Assembly. It established a timidal to immediately approve or reject the State Legislature bills to avoid repeating the position of Tamil Nadu for Raj Bhavas.
After his fixed reconsideration by the State Legislature, after being in violation of the process prescribed under Article 200, preventing the consent or reservation of bills for the idea of the President, has been declared wrong in the law, thus determined on one side.
Long delay in accepting 12 bills by the Tamil Nadu Governor – to do a dating in 2020 – The state government to contact the Supreme Court in 2023 on 13 November, the Governor announced that it was giving consent for 10 of those bills. In response, the Legislative Assembly convened a special session on 18 November and re -implemented the same bills. Subsequently, many of them were reserved for the President’s views.
