The Supreme Court on Monday sought the response of West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on a public interest litigation (PIL) claiming his alleged inaction in assenting to Bills passed by the State Assembly. [Sayan Mukherjee v. State of West Bengal].A Bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala issued notice on the plea, returnable in four weeks..Of late, there has been a substantial amount of litigation before the Supreme Court involving inaction on the part of Governors in states which are not ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).In April 2023, the top court had taken note that Governors were delaying their assent to bills passed by state legislatures and had urged them to keep in mind the mandate under Article 200 of the Constitution which casts a duty on them to clear bills "as soon as possible".The State of Telangana had moved the apex court seeking directions to then Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to give her assent to ten key bills passed by the State legislature.Similar petitions by Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Kerala were also moved before the apex court..On November 10, 2023, the Court had taken exception to Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi refusing to give assent to as many as 12 bills passed by the State legislature..While deciding the plea by the Punjab government, the Court on November 23, 2023 held that a Governor is only a symbolic head of a state, and cannot thwart the lawmaking powers of legislatures.
The Supreme Court on Monday sought the response of West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on a public interest litigation (PIL) claiming his alleged inaction in assenting to Bills passed by the State Assembly. [Sayan Mukherjee v. State of West Bengal].A Bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala issued notice on the plea, returnable in four weeks..Of late, there has been a substantial amount of litigation before the Supreme Court involving inaction on the part of Governors in states which are not ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).In April 2023, the top court had taken note that Governors were delaying their assent to bills passed by state legislatures and had urged them to keep in mind the mandate under Article 200 of the Constitution which casts a duty on them to clear bills "as soon as possible".The State of Telangana had moved the apex court seeking directions to then Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to give her assent to ten key bills passed by the State legislature.Similar petitions by Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Kerala were also moved before the apex court..On November 10, 2023, the Court had taken exception to Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi refusing to give assent to as many as 12 bills passed by the State legislature..While deciding the plea by the Punjab government, the Court on November 23, 2023 held that a Governor is only a symbolic head of a state, and cannot thwart the lawmaking powers of legislatures.