New Delhi, April 17 -- Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has sharply criticised a recent Supreme Court directive that requires the President to act within a set timeframe on bills forwarded by governors, media reports said.

Describing it as a troubling development, he argued that the judiciary was never meant to function as lawmakers, the executive, or as a "super Parliament".

Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that when a governor reserves a bill for the President under Article 201 of the Constitution, a decision must be made within three months.

He cautioned against what he sees as judicial encroachment into the domains of the legislature and executive.

Dhankhar further flagged the erosion of constitutional separation of powers and in...