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The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi’s decision to withhold assent to ten key Bills was “illegal” and “arbitrary”.
Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi with Chief Minister MK Stalin. File Image/PTI
The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi, saying that his decision to withhold assent to ten key Bills was “illegal” and “arbitrary”.
The Bench, comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan, said that the Governor can’t reserve Bills for the President after withholding assent and said it must be set aside.
The apex court also declared that any actions taken by the President regarding the ten bills in question are legally invalid and further ruled that the ten Bills should be deemed to have received the Governor’s assent on the date they were re-submitted following their re-passage by the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
“The action of the Governor to reserve the 10 bills for the President is illegal and arbitrary. Thus, the action is set aside. All actions taken by the Governor thereto for the 10 bills are set aside. These Bills shall be deemed to be cleared from the date it was re-presented to the Governor,” the bench said.
Governor Ravi did not act in “good faith”, the bench remarked.
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Tamil Nadu, India, India