THE BIG STORY
Guv cannot withhold Bills re-passed by assembly: SC
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed its displeasure at the delay on the part of the governors in giving assent to bills passed by state assemblies, as it took up the related petitions moved separately by Tamil Nadu and Kerala governments and asked for responses of their respective governors.
“Why should governors wait for the parties to approach the court? And then they start acting. Why cannot they perform their constitutional functions on their own?” remarked a bench led by Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud when the court heard the petitions filed by the two states, listed back-to-back. Read more.
