New Delhi, Nov. 21 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday held that not only did the two-judge bench order in April in the Tamil Nadu governor case create "confusion and doubt" on the issue of gubernatorial and presidential assent to state bills, but also held that the apex court's 2023 ruling in the Punjab governor case departed from binding larger-bench precedents. The Punjab ruling was authored by then Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud; that bench also comprised justice JB Pardiwala, who penned the Tamil Nadu ruling earlier this year. Underscoring principles of judicial discipline, the five-judge Constitution bench on Thursday declared that neither judgment had engaged adequately, or at all, with earlier decisions of larger...