Bengaluru, May 29 -- Citing the very Supreme Court judgment that warned Governors against stalling legislation, Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has defended his decision to send the state's Muslim quota bill to the President of India for a constitutional review. In a statement that has reignited the debate over the role of Governors in India's legislative process, Gehlot referred to the Supreme Court's ruling in the State of Tamil Nadu vs Governor of Tamil Nadu case. He said the judgment made it clear that governors cannot directly seek legal advice from the courts. This, he argued, left him with only one option: referring the bill to the President under Article 200 of the Constitution. "There is no mechanism at the state level for t...