A Presidential Reference Bench of five judges headed by Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai observed on Tuesday (August 19, 2025) that the Supreme Court’s move to grant deemed assent to 10 crucial Tamil Nadu State Bills may have been a way to resolve an “egregious situation” created by the Tamil Nadu Governor who had been sitting over them since 2020.
Supreme Court hearing on Presidential Reference updates on August 19, 2025
The five-judge Bench found the facts of the Tamil Nadu case “glaring” to say the least. “Were the Bills pending since 2020?” Justice Surya Kant asked Attorney General R. Venkataramani.
Here to give an opinion, not overrule Tamil Nadu Governor case judgment: Presidential Reference Bench
The Attorney General replied that the facts in the Tamil Nadu case may be correct, but there were reasons the Governor had kept the Bills pending. He said he did not want to get into the facts.
