Supreme Court Uploads Judgment In TN Governor Case, Directs Sending Of Judgment Copy To All Governors & HCs
Four days after the Supreme Court declared Tamil Nadu Governor Dr RN Ravi's actions in reserving the 10 re-enacted Bills for the President's consideration not "bona fide," the Court has now released the judgment in the case, running into 415 pages.The judgment was uploaded on the official site of the Supreme Court at 10.54 PM today. The public has been keenly anticipating the judgment for...
Four days after the Supreme Court declared Tamil Nadu Governor Dr RN Ravi's actions in reserving the 10 re-enacted Bills for the President's consideration not "bona fide," the Court has now released the judgment in the case, running into 415 pages.
The judgment was uploaded on the official site of the Supreme Court at 10.54 PM today. The public has been keenly anticipating the judgment for the last four days after it was orally pronounced in the open court on April 8 morning.
To summarise, a bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan on April 8 held that the action of the Tamil Nadu Governor withholding assent for 10 bills, and reserving them to the President after they were re-enacted by the State Legislature is "illegal and erroneous" in law and liable to be set aside.
Any consequential steps which might have been taken by the President on the said ten bills were also declared non-est in law. The Court declared that the ten Bills would be deemed to have received the assent of the Governor when they were presented in the second round after they were passed again by the State Assembly.
The Court has directed the Registry to send one copy each of this judgment to all the High Courts and the Principal Secretaries to the Governors of all States.
Reports about the judgment can be read here.
Read Our Reports: Supreme Court Sets Aside TN Governor's Decision To Reserve 10 Bills For President's Assent; Says He Acted Without Bona Fides
Case Details: THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU v THE GOVERNOR OF TAMILNADU AND ANR| W.P.(C) No. 1239/2023
Citation : 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 419
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