Union government argues Supreme Court cannot impose timelines on Governors, who have discretion in State Bills approval process.
The Union government has said the Supreme Court cannot treat Governors as “aliens” or “foreigners” on whom timelines can be imposed and whose discretion do not count.
The submission by the Centre, made in a note authored by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, is part of the record in a Presidential Reference hearing scheduled before a Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai from August 19.
Judges and states argue Governors cannot indefinitely delay Bills, emphasising the urgency of legislative assent.
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