Tamilisai Soundararajan
Bench led by CJI Chandrachud asks Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta to report back on April 10; State government blames Tamilisai Soundararajan for creating a ‘constitutional impasse’
The Supreme Court on Monday asked Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, to provide it with an “updated position” of the Bills pending with Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan.
A Bench led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, on a request from the Telangana government, represented by senior advocate Dushyant Dave, asked Mr. Mehta to report back on April 10.
Mr. Dave pressed for an earlier date than April 10, possibly March 29, for Mr. Mehta to get the necessary information from the Governor.
“Several Bills passed by the Assembly are pending… We want to know why?” he asked the Bench.
The State has blamed the Governor for creating a “constitutional impasse” by refusing to act on several Bills passed by the legislature.
Mr. Dave had earlier submitted that the Bills were pending since September 14 last year, awaiting the assent of the Governor.
“In a parliamentary democracy, the Governor has no discretion to delay necessary assent as required on the Bills. Any refusal on the part of the Governor, including delay, will defeat parliamentary democracy and will of the people,” the State has said in its petition filed through advocate S. Udaya Kumar Sagar.
The State has urged the court to “declare that the inaction, omission and failure to comply with the constitutional mandate qua the assent of the Bills by the Governor is highly irregular, illegal”.
Mr. Dave, through the petition, has argued that the Governor may or may not give assent to a Bill. However, the decision should be taken, rather than keeping the Bills pending for months together.
“The Bill must be returned together with a message requesting the Houses to reconsider it or any provisions in it and rethink the desirability of introducing any such amendments,” the petition said.
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