‘Cannot have situation where you direct President’: VP Dhankhar questions SC ruling giving deadline to decide on Bills | India News

NEW DELHI: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday criticised the Supreme Court’s recent judgment that set a timeline for the President to decide on bills forwarded by governors, saying such a directive undermines the constitutional role of the country’s highest office.Speaking to the sixth batch of Rajya Sabha interns at the Vice-President’s Enclave, Dhankhar questioned, … Read more

Inspired by Pakistan, US statutes, SC sets bill passage deadline | India News

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 … Read more