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Tamil Nadu Gazette announces that all 10 bills have become law
- 10 bills were passed in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and sent for the Governor's assent. But the Governor kept delaying the process by not giving his assent. Following this, the Tamil Nadu government filed a case against the Governor in the Supreme Court.
- The Supreme Court ruled that the Governor's sending of the 10 bills to the President was illegal and ruled that the bills should be deemed to have been approved.
- In this situation, following the Supreme Court's verdict in the case against the Governor, the Tamil Nadu Gazette has declared all 10 bills as law. The Gazette states that the Governor should be deemed to have approved them on 18 Nov. 2023, the date on which the Tamil Nadu government sent the bills.
- The Supreme Court, which ruled on the 8th in the case filed by the Tamil Nadu government in the Supreme Court against the Governor for delaying the decision on the bills sent by the Tamil Nadu government, ordered the Governor to set a deadline in this regard.
- The bench comprising Justices J.P. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan, which heard the case, ruled that "if the Governor decides to suspend a bill passed by the Legislative Assembly and send it to the President, the Governor must take a decision on it within a period of one month, as per the advice of the Cabinet.
- If the bills are suspended against the advice of the Cabinet, the Governor must return them within a maximum of 3 months. On the other hand, if those bills are reintroduced in the State Legislative Assembly and sent again for approval, the bills must be approved within a month. If the bills are recommended to the President by the Governor, the President must take a decision on them within 3 months."
- Only the President has the power to seek legal advice from the Supreme Court on bills. State Governors do not. Pointing out this, the Supreme Court judges said, "If the Governors recommend bills to the President, it is prudent for him to seek advice from the Supreme Court. It is not mandatory for the President to refer a Bill to the Supreme Court for legal advice under Article 143 of the Constitution.
- However, we are of the view that it is prudent for the President to seek the opinion of the Supreme Court. This is all the more necessary since there is no mechanism at the state level for the Governor to refer Bills to the Constitutional Courts.’ The judges said in their judgment.
- They also said, ‘The Constitutional Courts have the power to give their opinion on the constitutional validity of a Bill before it becomes a law. If a wrong Bill becomes a law, various problems will naturally arise.
- Therefore, if such a law is prevented from being enacted in advance, it will save time and public resources. It will also give the legislature an opportunity to make suitable amendments.’ The judges also said in their judgment.
