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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin hailed as historic the Supreme Court’s judgment declaring the Governor’s prolonged inaction on Bills passed by the legislature erroneous and illegal.
“A few moments ago, our government received a historic judgment from the Supreme Court,” Stalin said in the Tamil Nadu Assembly . “This order is not only for Tamil Nadu, but a huge victory for all states in India,” he said, calling it a vindication of federalism, state autonomy and Dravidian politics.
We thank and welcome today’s historic judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, reaffirming the legislative rights of State Legislatures and putting an end to the trend of Union government-nominated Governors stalling progressive legislative reforms in Opposition-ruled states.
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— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) April 8, 2025
Earlier, In a PTI report, The Supreme Court came down heavily on Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi and said reservation of 10 Bills by him for consideration of the President was in contravention of constitutional provisions.
A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said that under Article 200 of the Constitution, the governor does not possess any discretion and has to mandatorily act on the aid and advice of the council of ministers.
Article 200 of the Constitution deals with assent to Bills. The bench said the governor cannot withhold assent and adopt the concept of absolute veto or pocket veto.
It said the governor is obligated to adopt one course of action — give assent to Bills, withhold assent or reserve for the consideration of the President.
Reacting to The SC verdict on Governor R N Ravi, Senior CPI leader D Raja Tweeted on X
CPI welcomes the Supreme Court’s judgment setting aside Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi’s reservation of 10 Bills passed by the state assembly for the President.
The SC declared that the actions of Mr. RN Ravi lack bona fides. This verdict comes in the backdrop of Governor RN… pic.twitter.com/8hTM7Xn3sW
— D. Raja (@ComradeDRaja) April 8, 2025
