New Delhi, April 13 -- In a bid to ensure smooth and timely nod to Bills submitted by different States for presidential consideration, the Supreme Court has ruled that the President should decide on such proposed statutes reserved for his/her consideration by State Governors within three months from the date such references are received.

Four days after the top court cleared 10 Bills, which were stalled and reserved by Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi for the President's consideration, and set a timeline for all Governors to act on the Bills passed by the State Assemblies, the judgment running into 415 pages was uploaded on the Apex Court's website at 10.54 pm on Friday.

"We deem it appropriate to adopt the timeline prescribed by the Ministr...