New Delhi, Nov. 20 -- The Supreme Court will on Thursday deliver its advisory opinion on a rare presidential reference that asks whether constitutional courts can prescribe timelines for the President and governors to act on state bills. The opinion comes more than two months after a constitution bench reserved its decision on September 11, following a series of hearings that probed the limits of judicial authority when executive inaction risks paralysing democratic processes. On September 11, after ten days of extensive arguments, the five-judge bench comprising CJI Bhushan R Gavai and justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, PS Narasimha and Atul S Chandurkar reserved its verdict. The bench will now pronounce its view before CJI Gavai demits office on November 23. The hearings were prompted by a reference made by President Droupadi Murmu under Article 143 in May, seeking clarity on whether the Supreme Court can set binding timelines for gubernatorial or presidential assent. The issue that arose after the a two-judge bench's April 8 ruling in the state of Tamil Nadu vs governor of Tamil Nadu....