The Sarkaria Commission report on Centre-state relations observed that a governor's power to reserve Bills for presidential consideration must be “used sparingly” and in limited contexts, adding that reserving a large number of Bills would be contrary to the constitution's federal spirit.
  • itsame@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Another one…

    Governors Banwarilal Purohit (Punjab), R N Ravi (Tamil Nadu) and Tamilisai Soundararajan (Telangana) are some of the previous violators. All BJP, and brought to court in 2023.

  • 4dpuzzle@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Governors have become BJP’s goondas to subvert the power of the legislature in opposition ruled states and impose the centre’s colonial whims upon them. These goons have absolutely no respect for the constitution of the nation. Ultimately, the constitution itself is under threat.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
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    9 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    The Kerala governor took the decision on those Bills a day before the Supreme Court was to take up the Kerala government’s petition accusing the governor of “subverting” the constitution and acting in an “arbitrary” manner by keeping the Bills pending for an “indefinite period.” He was paralysing the legislative functioning of the elected assembly and subverting its law-making process.

    By impeding the legislative functioning of an assembly, the governor, who takes the oath to “preserve, protect and defend the constitution” is flagrantly violating it in letter and spirit.

    It invoked the study team of the administrative reforms commission, which had noted that the reservation of a large number of Bills by governors for presidential consideration would be “contrary to the federal spirit of the constitution”.

    Also read: In Arif Mohammed Khan’s Steadfast Opposition to Kerala Govt, a Hint of His Usual Politics The Commission observed that such powers “are intended to subserve the broad purpose of cooperative federalism in the realm of Union-state legislative relations” and when “used sparingly in proper cases, e.g. where the Bill relates to a matter falling clearly within the Union List, it serves a useful purpose”.

    “In the ultimate analysis,” it remarked, “due observance of the constitutional provisions is the soundest guarantee of enduring unity and integrity of the nation”.

    The manner in which the governors in most opposition-run states act in impeding the legislative functioning of elected assemblies raises questions about their actions to safeguard our unity and integrity.

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