NEW DELHI: The ten-day long educative debate before a five-judge Supreme Court bench on the Presidential Reference seeking the apex court’s opinion on the judiciary’s power to fix timelines for the President and governors as well as grant ‘deemed assent’ to pending bills was a serious affair but was not shorn of humour.When a bench…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday drew parallels with Nepal and Bangladesh as it heard a presidential reference on its April 12 order, which set deadlines for the President and Governors to clear state bills.Chief Justice BR Gavai underlined the stability of India’s constitutional framework, remarking, “We are proud of our Constitution… see what…
NEW DELHI: A five-judge constitution bench of the SC led by CJI B R Gavai on Tuesday fixed a nine-day schedule to deliberate on a Presidential Reference that has questioned the SC’s power to fix timelines for the President and Governors on granting, refusing and withholding assent to Bills passed by Assemblies.The bench of CJI…
