The Supreme Court on Thursday held that the court cannot impose any timelines on Governors and the President to grant assent to Bills passed by state assemblies but at the same time said Governors do not have "unfettered" powers to sit on the Bills for ''perpetuity''.

Following are the highlights of the unanimous opinion of a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice BR Gavai on presidential reference: * SC rules no timelines can be imposed on governors and the president to grant assent to bills passed by state assemblies. * SC also held that governors cannot sit over bills beyond the powers granted to them under Article 200 of the Constitution.

* SC said ''indefinite delay'' by the Governors will be open to ''limited judicial scrutiny'' and that deemed assent of Bills cannot

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