India, April 29 -- West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday gave his assent to three bills passed in the state legislative assembly in 2022 and 2023, officials aware of the development said.

"The Governor has accorded assent to three bills - West Bengal Town and Country (Planning and Development) (Amendment) Bill, 2023, West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal (Amendment) Bill, 2022 and West Bengal Taxation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill, 2022," said a senior official of Raj Bhavan.

This comes days after the Supreme Court set a timeline of one month for all governors to act on the bills passed by the state assemblies. The apex court in its verdict earlier this month prescribed that the President should take a decision on the bills...