Goa, April 9 -- Court Criticizes Governor's Delay

The Supreme Court's decision comes after several bills passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly had been held up by the governor for extended periods. One of the bills had been pending for over five years. The court criticized the governor for disregarding constitutional provisions and failing to act promptly on the bills forwarded to him after their passage in the state assembly. The court also expressed its disapproval of the governor's failure to respect previous Supreme Court verdicts.

Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan, delivering the judgment, emphasized that the governor must act within a month to either grant assent or return the bill for reconsideration. If the governor chooses to s...