KOCHI, March 24 -- The CPI(M)-led Kerala Government on Saturday which is on a warpath with the Centre over a lot of issues filed a petition in the Aupreme Court against the President of India for withholding assent for the four Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly without disclosing any reasons. The State government also filed a case against Governor Arif Mohammed Khan for keeoing the Bills pending for a long and indefinite period and later forwarding it for the Presidential assent.
The Bills which have been kept pending by the President include the controversial one related to the governance of universities. One of them seeks to remove the Governor as chancellor of universities and make Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan as Chancellor of...