NEW DELHI: Every week after agreeing to check the validity of blanket constitutional immunity from legal prosecution to governors, Supreme Courtroom Friday mentioned it will think about framing tips for governors in withholding assent to payments handed by the legislature or referring them to the President.
Opposition-governed Kerala and West Bengal Friday joined Telangana and Tamil Nadu in accusing governors of whimsically exercising their powers relating to payments.Senior advocates Ok Ok Venugopal, A M Singhvi and Jaideep Gupta, showing for Kerala and West Bengal, argued that it had turn into a development with governors to delay assent to payments handed by the meeting and reserve them for the President’s consideration.
A bench of CJI D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra issued notices to the house ministry and the secretaries of governors for a complete interpretation of related constitutional provisions referring to the powers of governors relating to payments.
Opposition-governed Kerala and West Bengal Friday joined Telangana and Tamil Nadu in accusing governors of whimsically exercising their powers relating to payments.Senior advocates Ok Ok Venugopal, A M Singhvi and Jaideep Gupta, showing for Kerala and West Bengal, argued that it had turn into a development with governors to delay assent to payments handed by the meeting and reserve them for the President’s consideration.
A bench of CJI D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra issued notices to the house ministry and the secretaries of governors for a complete interpretation of related constitutional provisions referring to the powers of governors relating to payments.
