SUPREME COURT ISSUED NOTICE TO CENTRE ON KERALA GOVERNMENT'S PLEA MOVED AGAINST GOVERNOR'S INACTION IN ASSENTING BILLS

The Supreme Court in the case State Of Kerala And Anr. v Hon’ble Governor For State Of Kerala And Ors + the State Of Tamil Nadu v The Governor Of Tamilnadu And Anr observed and has issued the notice on the plea moved by the Government of Kerala wherein it alleged that the Governor of Kerala, Arif Mohammed Khan, was delaying the consideration of bills that the State Assembly had passed.

The bench comprising of CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra in the case observed and seek for the assistance of Attorney General R Venkatramani and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta in the matter. The court in the case observed and has issued the notice to the Chief Secretary to the Governor and the Union of India.

The counsel, Senior Advocate KK Venugopal appearing for the State Government of Kerala made three submissions before the Apex Court–

1. The governor is a part of the legislature under Article 168 of the Constitution of India. As per the Article 168, of the Indian Constitution for every State, there shall be a Legislature which shall consist of the Governor and two Houses to be known respectively as the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly;

2. The governor had promulgated three ordinances which were later converted into bills which is passed by Legislature;