New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Tamil Nadu, told the Supreme Court Constitution Bench today that a Governor has no authority to act like a judge and examine the constitutional validity of Bills.
It is only for the courts, he argued, to decide whether a law is unconstitutional or repugnant to a central law.
The five-judge Bench, headed by Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai and comprising Justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, P.S. Narasimha and A.S. Chandurkar, is hearing a Presidential Reference on the scope of the Governor's and President's powers under Articles 200 and 201, including whether timelines can be judicially fixed for assent to Bills.
Dr Singhvi submitted that withholding assent and retur...