NEW DELHI: Supreme Court drew inspiration from provisions in the constitutions of Pakistan and the US in specifying timelines for governors in giving assent, returning or referring to President the bills passed by state assemblies, and said time-limit breach is amenable to judicial scrutiny.
The 415-page magnum opus of a judgment by Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan, pronounced on April 8 but uploaded on SC’s website Friday, justified its decision to give purposive meaning to the words ‘as soon as possible’ in the Constitution for governors or the President in taking decision on bills passed by assemblies or Parliament.
Writing the judgment, Justice Pardiwala gave omnibus…