Governors not above law, must follow parliamentary democracy norms: SC

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A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan which was critical of the act of Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi sitting over bills passed by the legislative assembly without any action, held that governors act according to Article 200 of the Constitution in a time-bound manner in a period ranging from one to three months.

The Supreme Court has said it is not undermining the office of the governor in fixing a timeline for their actions under Article 200 but they must act with due deference to the settled conventions of parliamentary democracy.

Article 200 empowers the governor to give assent to the bills presented to him, withhold the assent or to reserve it for the consideration of the president

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Published On: 2025-04-12 @ 18:08:23 (1 days ago)

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