With regional parties struggling to project a unified Opposition in Parliament, and no leader in Delhi able to mediate, Centre-state tensions are playing out as open conflict.
The ‘State of Tamil Nadu’ judgment survives, but as a diminished precedent. The Supreme Court has turned an advisory reference into an instrument of quiet, prospective overruling.
Nine new governors & lieutenant-governors appointed Saturday. Notable appointments include CP Radhakrishnan in Maharashtra, Santosh Gangwar in Jharkhand & K Kailashnathan in Puducherry.
In a Constituent Assembly debate, Rohini Kumar Chaudhary argued governor’s powers could tarnish the Constitution ‘just as a piece of cow dung may spoil the whole vessel of milk’.
SC and expert panel have previously held that dominant role cannot be ascribed to governor, who is a ceremonial head and not intended to be a ‘parallel administration’.
DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
If Her excellency agrees with the legality of a bill, she can assent to the bill, if she doesnt then she can send it back. What constitutional purpose could ever be possibly served by sitting on a bill passed by the people’s assemblies?
If Her excellency agrees with the legality of a bill, she can assent to the bill, if she doesnt then she can send it back. What constitutional purpose could ever be possibly served by sitting on a bill passed by the people’s assemblies?