SC suggests TN CM, Governor hold talks over pending bills
Dec 13, 2023
New Delhi [India], December 13 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday suggested that the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Governor should meet and talk to resolve the deadlock over the passing of the bills in the state.
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud then listed the matter for January 2024.
The court was hearing the TN Government's plea against the Governor's inaction on various pending bills. The Governor has referred the 10 bills to the President. Those ten bills were re-passed by the state assembly.
The court noted that the Chief Minister has shown a willingness to meet the governor, and further remarked that there must be some channel of communication open between the parties.
The Tamil Nadu government has recently filed an amendment application in the Supreme Court seeking to declare state Governor RN Ravi's decision to reserve some bills for consideration as unconstitutional, illegal, arbitrary, and unreasonable.
The amendment application has been filed in the earlier petition against the Governor for delaying in clearing the various bills passed by the state government.
The MK Stalin government also called the governor's decision a mala fide exercise of power and sought to issue directions to the TN governor to declare assent to the bills.
The governor has kept the bills-- Tamil Nadu Fisheries University Act, 2012, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Act, 1989, The Vice-Chancellors of all Universities (except University of Madras), the Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University Act, 1996, the Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, Act, 1987; the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Act, 1971; the Tamil Nadu Universities Laws, the Tamil University Act, 1982; the Tamil Fisheries University Act, 2012; the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Act, 1989;-- for the consideration of the President.
The state government said that the impugned actions of the governor are events that have been put into motion mala fidely after the filing of the Writ Petition to escape the jurisdiction of the Court and to render the petition infructuous.
