In April, a Supreme Court bench gave an order setting a deadline for the President and Governors to give assent to bills presented before them after their passage by the state legislatures.

A Constitution Bench subsequently scrutinised the order and gave its opinion on Thursday. DH's Sumit Pande explains the answers to the questions raised in the Presidential Reference sought by the Union on the apex court’s earlier order that interpreted the powers of constitutional authorities in dealing with bills passed by the state legislature.

The Tamil Nadu government had approached the Supreme Court against the inordinate delay by Governor RN Ravi in giving consent to 10 bills passed by the Assembly. When passed by the Assembly again, the bills were reserved to the President for consideration.

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