The Supreme Court sets the 3 -month deadline for president to decide on bills reserved for consideration | Today news

In an unprecedented ruling, the Supreme Court prescribed that the president should decide on the bills reserved for her consideration by the governor within a three -month period from the date of such reference, PTI reports. “We consider it appropriate to adopt the timeline prescribed by the Interior Ministry … and prescribes that the president must make a decision on the bills reserved for his consideration by the governor within a three -month period from the date of such reference,” the top court said. This added, in the case of a delay outside the set period, valid reasons will have to be documented and communicated to the relevant state, and the states are expected to work together by giving timely answers to any questions raised and to quickly consider the proposals of the central government. “In the event of any delay beyond this period, appropriate reasons must be recorded and transferred to the relevant state. The states are also expected to work together and expand cooperation by providing answers to the inquiries that can be raised and considering the proposals that the central government made quickly,” he added. It is further said: “Where the governor reserves a bill for considering the president and the president in turn, it is open to the state government to attack such an action before this court.” Supreme Court has set aside a bank line for governors on a bank of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan on April 8 the reservation of the ten bills for the president’s consideration in the second round and considered it illegal, wrong in the law. It cleared ten bills, which were stopped by Tamil Nadu Governor RN RAVI and reserved for the president’s consideration, and set up a timeline for all governors to act on the bills adopted by the state meetings, the order of 415 pages at 10:54 a.m. The delay in the consent of the governor urged the Tamil Nadu government to move the Supreme Court in 2023, claiming that 12 bills, consisting of 2020, were pending with him. The Governor said he withheld permission to ten bills on November 13, 2023, after which the legislative meeting convened a special session and re -operated the same bills on November 18, 2023. Later, some of the bills were reserved for the president’s consideration. Article 200 of the Constitution empowers the governor to give permission to the bills presented to him, withhold the consent or to submit it to the president’s consideration. “The bills, after the governor was pending for an excessive long period, and the governor acted with a clear lack of bona fides in the reserve of the president’s consideration, immediately after the ruling of the decision of this Court in the State Punjab (supra), is considered to be submitted to the Governor. is. ” The dismissal of the functions by the governor under Article 200 of the Constitution. Despite the fact that there is no prescribed time limit, Article 200 cannot be read in a way that does not enable the governor not to act against bills presented to him, and thus delayed and essentially the legislation on the state legislation, “the bank said in its judgment. the Supreme Court said it was not opened. Judge machinery in the state, “the bank said while sending the register of this sentence to all the Supreme Court, and that the secretaries of the governments of all states were set. would the actions of the governors be subject to judicial review by the courts. “In the case of withholding permission or reservation of the President’s consideration, the governor is expected to take such an action, subject to a maximum period of one month. In the event of the withholding as opposed to the advice of the State Council of Ministers, the Governor must return the Governor, together with a message of three months, said. ‘ In the case of the reservation of bills for considering the president, unlike the advice of the State Council of Ministers, the Governor will do such reservation within a maximum period of three months, ‘the bench must be indicated. 201. Substantive part of Article 201, that is, to grant permission or to raise a bill. accepted. (With input from PTI) first published: 12 Apr 2025, 02:21 pm Ist