Calcutta High Court asks Governor to respond to PIL alleging he is withholding assent on bill to replace him as University Chancellor

Since June 2022, the Governor has neither given his assent nor rejected the West Bengal Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2022, which makes the Chief Minister the Chancellor of all State Universities instead of him.
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The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered Dr. CV Ananda Bose, the Governor of West Bengal to file an affidavit in response to a plea highlighting his 'inaction' on a bill that proposes to make the Chief Minister the Chancellor of all State Universities instead of the Governor [Sayan Mukherjee vs Principal Secretary to His Excellency The Governor of West Bengal].

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