{"id":6067,"date":"2023-11-24T07:57:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T07:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=6067"},"modified":"2023-11-24T07:57:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T07:57:56","slug":"governors-cannot-keep-bills-pending-indefinitely-without-any-action-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/governors-cannot-keep-bills-pending-indefinitely-without-any-action-sc\/","title":{"rendered":"Governors Cannot Keep Bills Pending Indefinitely Without Any Action: SC"},"content":{"rendered":"
NEW DELHI, Nov 24:\u00a0 The\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>ruled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unelected\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Head\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>State\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>vested\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>constitutional\u00a0<\/span>powers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>those\u00a0<\/span>powers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cannot\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>used\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>obstruct\u00a0<\/span><\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legislatures’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>normal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legislative\u00a0<\/span><\/span>process.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Specifically,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stressed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>governors\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cannot\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>allowed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>hold\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bills\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>indefinite\u00a0<\/span>period\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>time\u00a0<\/span><\/span>without\u00a0<\/span><\/span>taking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span>action.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span>bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>D\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Y\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chandrachud,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>J\u00a0<\/span><\/span>B\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pardiwala,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Manoj\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Misra\u00a0<\/span><\/span>noted\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unrestricted\u00a0<\/span>discretion\u00a0<\/span><\/span>granted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Governor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“virtually\u00a0<\/span><\/span>veto\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>functioning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legislative\u00a0<\/span><\/span>domain\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>duly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>elected\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legislature”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>course\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>action\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contrary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fundamental\u00a0<\/span>principles\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>constitutional\u00a0<\/span>democracy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>based\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Parliamentary<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pattern\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>governance<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u201cThe Governor, as an unelected Head of the State, is entrusted with certain constitutional powers. However, this power cannot be used to thwart the normal course of lawmaking by state legislatures.<\/div>\n
\u201cConsequently, if the Governor<\/a> decides to withhold assent under the substantive part of Article 200, the logical course of action is to pursue the course indicated in the first proviso of remitting the bill to the state legislature for reconsideration,\u201d the bench said in its November 10 judgment, passed on a plea by the Punjab Government.<\/div>\n
The bench said if the Governor decides to withhold assent to a bill, then he has to return the bill to the legislature for reconsideration.The\u00a0<\/span>sensible\u00a0<\/span>course\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>action\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>follow\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>directive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span><\/span>proviso\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>send\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bill\u00a0<\/span><\/span>back\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legislature\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reconsideration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>if\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>governor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>chooses\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>withhold\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>substantive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>portion\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span><\/span>200.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“In\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span>words,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>consequential\u00a0<\/span><\/span>course\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>action\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>adopted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>read\u00a0<\/span><\/span>together\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>power\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>withhold\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>substantive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>part\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span><\/span>200.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>highest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>court,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>democracy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>federalism\u2014two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>components\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fundamental\u00a0<\/span><\/span>system\u2014are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>inseparable.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>One\u00a0<\/span>feature\u00a0<\/span><\/span>imperils\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>diminished.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>For\u00a0<\/span><\/span>our\u00a0<\/span><\/span>citizens’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>aspirations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fundamental\u00a0<\/span>freedoms\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>realised,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>democracy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>federalism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fine-tuned.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mechanism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>constitutional\u00a0<\/span>governance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>harmed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>whenever\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prong\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tuning\u00a0<\/span>fork\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>damaged.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>governor’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>authority\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cannot\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>used\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“thwart\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>normal\u00a0<\/span>course\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lawmaking,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>supreme\u00a0<\/span>court,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ordered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Punjab\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Governor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Banwarilal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Purohit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>decision\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bills\u00a0<\/span><\/span>approved\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>legislative\u00a0<\/span>assembly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“constitutionally\u00a0<\/span><\/span>valid”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>session\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>June\u00a0<\/span><\/span>19\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>20.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>top\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>addressed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Punjab\u00a0<\/span><\/span>AAP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>argument\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>governor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>refusing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>sign\u00a0<\/span><\/span>four\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assembly-passed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bills\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>ruling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>November\u00a0<\/span>10,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>posted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>online\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thursday\u00a0<\/span>night.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judicial\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declaration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>assembly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>session\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>took\u00a0<\/span>place\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>June\u00a0<\/span><\/span>19\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>20\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“legal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>business\u00a0<\/span><\/span>transacted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>House\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>valid”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>another\u00a0<\/span>request\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Punjab\u00a0<\/span><\/a>government.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>highest\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ruled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>assembly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sessions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legitimate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>governor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>permitted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>access\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>matter\u00a0<\/span><\/span>following\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Speaker’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>decision.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>“We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>believe\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>no\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legitimate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>constitutional\u00a0<\/span><\/span>basis\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>question\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>legitimacy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Vidhan\u00a0<\/span>Sabha\u00a0<\/span><\/span>session\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>convened\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>June\u00a0<\/span>19,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2023,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>June\u00a0<\/span>20,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2023,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>October\u00a0<\/span>20,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Any\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attempt\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>question\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legitimacy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>legislative\u00a0<\/span>session\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fraught\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>serious\u00a0<\/span>dangers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>democracy.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CJI,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>authored\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bench’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>decision,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>speaker,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>acknowledged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>protector\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>House’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>privileges\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legally\u00a0<\/span>recognised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>representative\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>House,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>acting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>appropriately\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>adjourned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>House\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sine\u00a0<\/span><\/span>die.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>governor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>permitted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>constitution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>question\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>legitimacy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>House\u00a0<\/span><\/span>session,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>legislative\u00a0<\/span>assembly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>duly\u00a0<\/span>elected\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MLAs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>led\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>speaker.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Because\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>House\u00a0<\/span><\/span>met\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>June\u00a0<\/span>19,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>20,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>October\u00a0<\/span>20,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2023,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>accordance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>constitution,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>therefore,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>view\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Governor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Punjab\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>now\u00a0<\/span>proceed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>take\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>decision\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bills\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>submitted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assent,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>statement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>read.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>highest\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>further\u00a0<\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>clear\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>voiced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span>opinions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span>how\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>governor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>use\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>authority\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>relation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bills\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>presented\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>him.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>parliamentary\u00a0<\/span>democracy,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>people’s\u00a0<\/span>elected\u00a0<\/span>representatives\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hold\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>real\u00a0<\/span><\/span>power.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Members\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>State\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Legislature\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>if\u00a0<\/span><\/span>applicable,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Parliament\u00a0<\/span><\/span>make\u00a0<\/span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>governments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>both\u00a0<\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>federal\u00a0<\/span>level\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>states.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cabinet-style\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>legislature\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>supervisory\u00a0<\/span><\/span>body\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>members\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>answerable\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Governor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nominal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>head\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>they\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>President’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>appointee,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ruling.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Purohit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Punjabi\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Aam\u00a0<\/span>Aadmi\u00a0<\/span>Party\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(AAP),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>headed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhagwant\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mann,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>embroiled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>protracted\u00a0<\/span>dispute.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>After\u00a0<\/span><\/span>writing\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mann\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>few\u00a0<\/span>days\u00a0<\/span><\/span>earlier,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>promised\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>review\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span><\/span>proposed\u00a0<\/span>laws\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>merits\u00a0<\/span><\/span>before\u00a0<\/span><\/span>allowing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tabled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assembly,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Purohit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>approved\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>three\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bills\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sent\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>him\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>November\u00a0<\/span>1.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span>takes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>governor’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>consent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>introduce\u00a0<\/span><\/span>money\u00a0<\/span>bills\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>House.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Stamp\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Punjab\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Amendment)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bill,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2023\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Punjab\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Goods\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Services\u00a0<\/span>Tax\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Amendment)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bill,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2023\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>approved\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Purohit.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>governor’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>signature\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>still\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pending\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>four\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bills:\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Punjab\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Universities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Laws\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Amendment)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bill,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2023;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Punjab\u00a0<\/span>Police\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Amendment)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bill,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2023;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Sikh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gurdwaras\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Amendment)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bill,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2023;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Punjab\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Affiliated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Colleges\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Security\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Service)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Amendment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bill,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2023.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Punjab\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Assembly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>met\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>June\u00a0<\/span><\/span>19\u201320\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>approved\u00a0<\/span><\/span>these\u00a0<\/span>bills.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Such\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>extended\u00a0<\/span><\/span>session\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>deemed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“patently\u00a0<\/span><\/span>illegal”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>governor.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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NEW DELHI, Nov 24:\u00a0 The\u00a0Supreme\u00a0Court\u00a0has\u00a0ruled\u00a0that\u00a0while\u00a0the\u00a0unelected\u00a0Head\u00a0of\u00a0State\u00a0is\u00a0vested\u00a0with\u00a0constitutional\u00a0powers,\u00a0those\u00a0powers\u00a0cannot\u00a0be\u00a0used\u00a0to\u00a0obstruct\u00a0state\u00a0legislatures’\u00a0normal\u00a0legislative\u00a0process.\u00a0Specifically,\u00a0the\u00a0court\u00a0stressed\u00a0that\u00a0governors\u00a0cannot\u00a0be\u00a0allowed\u00a0to\u00a0hold\u00a0bills\u00a0for\u00a0an\u00a0indefinite\u00a0period\u00a0of\u00a0time\u00a0without\u00a0taking\u00a0any\u00a0action. A\u00a0bench\u00a0made\u00a0up\u00a0of\u00a0Chief\u00a0Justice\u00a0of\u00a0India\u00a0D\u00a0Y\u00a0Chandrachud,\u00a0Justice\u00a0J\u00a0B\u00a0Pardiwala,\u00a0and\u00a0Justice\u00a0Manoj\u00a0Misra\u00a0noted\u00a0that\u00a0unrestricted\u00a0discretion\u00a0granted\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0Governor\u00a0would\u00a0“virtually\u00a0veto\u00a0the\u00a0functioning\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0legislative\u00a0domain\u00a0by\u00a0a\u00a0duly\u00a0elected\u00a0legislature”\u00a0and\u00a0that\u00a0such\u00a0a\u00a0course\u00a0of\u00a0action\u00a0would\u00a0be\u00a0contrary\u00a0to\u00a0fundamental\u00a0principles\u00a0of\u00a0a\u00a0constitutional\u00a0democracy\u00a0based\u00a0on\u00a0a\u00a0Parliamentary\u00a0pattern\u00a0of\u00a0governance. \u201cThe Governor, as an unelected Head of the State, is entrusted with certain constitutional powers. However, this power cannot be used to thwart the normal course of lawmaking by state legislatures. \u201cConsequently, if the Governor decides to withhold assent under the substantive part of Article 200, the logical course […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,67,89,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-header","category-national","category-political"],"gutentor_comment":0,"yoast_head":"\nGovernors Can't Keep Bills Pending Indefinitely With out Any Action<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" 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