New Delhi, July 25 -- The Kerala government on Friday withdrew its plea filed against the Governors' delay in giving assent to bills passed by the State assembly, from the Supreme Court.

A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Atul S Chandurkar allowed the Kerala government to withdraw their plea after Senior advocate K K Venugopal representing Kerala sought the same.

During the hearing today, senior counsel appearing for the Kerala government stated that a recent Supreme Court judgment that prescribes timelines for the Governor and the President of India to give their assents to bills, already addressed the main issue in their case, and thus their plea had become infructuous.

Solicitor General of India (SGI) Tushar Mehta, on the other h...