Jammu, May 15 -- The Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Mahadevan had earlier turned down the request of the Government of India to send the case relating to assent to bills by governors and president to a larger Constitution Bench on the ground that it involved 'substantial questions of law'. Nevertheless, the Bench went ahead and announced its final verdict imposing deadline on governors and president on assent on bills.
It had determined that the case did not raise any 'substantial question of law' requiring for a Constitution Bench hearing. The Bench deemed the issues involved were more about the interpretation and application of existing legal principles rather than a fundamental challenge to the Consti...