New Delhi, April 12 - In a first-of-its-kind decision, the Supreme Court has also set a time limit for the President of the country. The Supreme Court has said that the President should take a decision on the bill sent by the Governor within three months. In fact, the Supreme Court had given a historic decision on April 8 in the case of the Tamil Nadu government and the Governor.
The court had said that the Governor will have to take a decision on the bill sent by the Assembly within a month. During this decision, the court has also clarified the position on the bills sent to the President by the Governors. This order was made public on April 11. The Supreme Court said that the President does not have the right to veto in the case of bills sent by the Governors. His decision can be judicially reviewed.
The 415-page decision in this regard was uploaded on the Supreme Court website at 1 pm on Friday.
The Supreme Court clarified that when a time limit is fixed, a decision should be taken within the stipulated time. If there is a delay in passing a bill, the President will have to explain the reasons for it. The Supreme Court said that bills cannot be sent back repeatedly. The bench of the court said that when the President sends a bill to the state assembly for reconsideration, and the assembly passes it again, then the President will have to take the final decision on that bill. The court said that when the assembly passes a bill and sends it to the Governor and the Governor further sends that bill to the President, then in this situation the President will have to approve that bill or explain the reason for not approving it.