New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- The Union Government has approached the Supreme Court challenging its April 8 ruling, which suggested that the President must seek the Court's opinion under Article 143 whenever a bill, reserved by a Governor, appears patently unconstitutional.
The petition, filed through Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, argues that the judgment undermines the President's discretionary powers.
"Any constitutional proposition that there exists an expectation for the President to refer every reserved bill to the Supreme Court is contrary to the constitutional scheme," the Centre submitted ahead of Tuesday's hearing before a Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice B.R. Gavai.
On April 8, 2025, a two-judge Bench of Justice J.B. Pardiwala...