SC Seeks Centre's Response After Tamil Nadu Govt Accuses Governor Of Delaying Passage Of Bills

Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi who appeared for the Tamil Nadu government pointed out that 12 bills passed by the Assembly were pending with the office of Governor R N Ravi.

Later, the bench posted the matter to November 20 for further hearing. 

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The Supreme Court sought the response of the Centre on Tamil Nadu government's petition alleging delay by the Governor in giving a nod to bills passed by the state Assembly on Friday. A panel consisting of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra has issued a notice to the Centre, requesting the assistance of the Attorney General or Solicitor General in the case. 

Later, the bench posted the matter to November 20 for further hearing. 

According to PTI, Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi who appeared for the Tamil Nadu government pointed out that 12 bills passed by the Assembly were pending with the office of Governor R N Ravi.

Tamil Nadu government has implored the Supreme Court to intervene, asserting that a "constitutional authority" has been consistently engaging in an "unconstitutional manner impeding and obstructing" the state government's operations for "extraneous reasons."

In the petition, Tamil Nadu government said, "Declare that the inaction, omission, delay and failure to comply with the constitutional mandate by the Governor of Tamil Nadu/first Respondent qua the consideration and assent of the Bills passed and forwarded by the Tamil Nadu State Legislature to him and the non-consideration of files, Government orders and policies forwarded by the State Government for his signature is unconstitutional, illegal, arbitrary, unreasonable besides malafide exercise of power.” 

The governor, by "not signing remission orders, day to day files, appointment orders, approving recruitment orders, granting approval to prosecute ministers, MLAs involved in corruption, including transfer of investigation to CBI by Supreme Court, Bills passed by Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is bringing the entire administration to a grinding halt and creating adversarial attitude by not cooperating with the state administration," it said, as per report.