New Delhi, July 28 -- The State of Kerala has urged the Supreme Court to return unanswered the Presidential reference seeking clarity on the powers and timelines governing Governors and the President in assenting to state legislation.
Terming the reference "legally untenable" and "a misuse of Article 143", the state contended that it suppresses binding constitutional judgments and aims to indirectly overturn settled law.
In an application filed before the Constitution Bench, Kerala questioned the maintainability of the reference and sought its dismissal on the ground that 11 out of the 14 questions posed had already been conclusively answered by the apex court in State of Tamil Nadu v. The Governor of Tamil Nadu, delivered on April 8, 202...