The Supreme Court on Thursday said no timeline can be fixed for President and Governor to assent to bills while answering the crucial question on the Presidential reference on the same.

It ruled against the deemed assent to bills.

The reference was made by President Droupadi Murmu under Article 143 of the Constitution. It carried 14 questions and central issue raised was whether the judiciary can set a fixed timeline for Governors to act on Bills passed by elected state assemblies?

The case stems from a ruling in April in which a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court held that the Tamil Nadu Governor’s delay in granting assent was unconstitutional and set specific timelines for action. The Centre, however, challenged this through the Presidential reference.

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