While rendering its opinion on 14 questions of law sought by the President of India, the Supreme Court today has clarified that certain paragraphs of the Tamil Nadu Governor judgment prescribing timelines for the President and Governor to act under Article 200/201 are erroneous.

The Tamil Nadu judgment was delivered by a two-judge bench on April 8, in which the Court held that the Tamil Nadu Governor acted mala fide in reserving the Bills for the President after they were re-enacted by the State Assembly. It therefore held that those Bills were "deemed assented" using Article 142 and consequently laid down timelines for the President and the Governor to follow.

A five-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justice Surya Kant, Justice Vikram Nath, Justice PS Narasi

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