India, Sept. 11 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the Central Government's argument that a false alarm was being raised in respect of Governors' inaction over bills passed by State legislatures. "How can you say... if bills are pending for 4 years before Governor," CJI Gavai asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, during the arguments on Presidential Reference.
In response, Mehta said that from 1970 till 2025, only 20 bills were withheld out of the 17,000 bills. He added that 90 per cent of bills are granted assent within one month.
However, Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi objected to the submission of data, stating that the SG had opposed their move to present their own data. CJI Gavai agreed that the data...