New Delhi, April 13 -- The Supreme Court, in its comprehensive 415-page judgment made public late on Friday, firmly established its authority to review constitutional functions while revealing that its prescribed timelines for decisions on state bills extend to the President's office as well.
"It is clear as a noon day, that no exercise of power under the Constitution is beyond the pale of judicial review," the bench of justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan stated in the full verdict, that was delivered on Tuesday in the case filed by the Tamil Nadu government against Governor RN Ravi's handling of 10 bills, some of which had been pending for over two years.
According to the full ruling, the specific timelines apply not just to governors ...