The Supreme Court will hear on Monday two separate petitions of the Tamil Nadu and Kerala governments, alleging a delay by the respective state governors in giving assent to bills passed by the assemblies. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra will hear the pleas.
On Saturday the Tamil Nadu Assembly re-adopted 10 bills in a special sitting after those were returned by Governor R N Ravi.The bills, covering different departments, including law, agriculture and higher education, were passed in the wake of Ravi returning those on November 13. The re-adopted bills were later sent to the governor for his assent.
On November 10, describing the alleged delay by the Tamil Nadu governor in giving assent to the bills as a “matter of serious concern”, the top court sought the Centre’s response on the state government’s petition accusing the Raj Bhawan of “sitting over” 12 legislations.
Earlier Issuing notice to the Centre, the top court had sought the assistance of the attorney general or solicitor general in resolving the issue.
