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Constitutional high offices must evolve guidelines to discharge their duties in a time-bound manner, safeguarding the will of the people
May 02, 2023 12:16 am | Updated 12:16 am IST

Manuraj ShunmugasundaramMANURAJ SHUNMUGASUNDARAM
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‘The time has come to evolve a new constitutional architecture that would deliver on the demands for a time-bound constitutional delivery mechanism’
‘The time has come to evolve a new constitutional architecture that would deliver on the demands for a time-bound constitutional delivery mechanism’ | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Recently, the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly passed a resolution seeking to provide for a time frame for Governors to act on Bills passed by the State Legislature. The motivation was that the Governor of Tamil Nadu, R.N. Ravi, had withheld assent to as many as 13 Bills passed by the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Last week, the Supreme Court of India, while disposing of a case filed by the State of Telangana against its Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan, remarked that Governors should not sit over Bills indefinitely. Taking this sentiment farther, the idea of constitutional punctuality need not be restricted to gubernatorial offices alone. All constitutional high offices including those of the President of India and Speakers of Assemblies must suo motu evolve guidelines to discharge duties in a time-bound manner.

In the resolution passed on April 10, 2023, the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly urged the Union Government and President to advise the Governor to decide on the bills passed by the State Legislatures within a reasonable time period. The resolution, proposed by the Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin, argued that it was important to protect the sovereignty of the Legislatures and, ultimately, safeguard

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