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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicPresidential reference

Topic: Presidential reference

How Supreme Court took away precedential value from Tamil Nadu judgment on Governor inaction

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.

Timelines for Bills, Governor’s discretion & separation of power—what SC dealt with in Presidential reference

A five-judge bench led by Chief Justice B.R. Gavai also said that a Bill does not automatically become a law if the Governor or the President delay action on it.

Can states move court against Centre under Article 32 or 131? Closer look as President seeks SC’s view

A bench has been constituted to decide presidential reference under Article 143(1), which allows President to consult SC on questions of law or matters of public importance.

Oblique challenge to SC’s own verdict? What Kerala govt said against presidential reference

Kerala has urged the Supreme Court to declare the presidential reference on Governor’s and President’s bill assent powers as non-maintainable.

Can courts set deadline for President’s assent to bills? SC seeks response from Centre

This was after Centre, through Rashtrapati Bhavan, sought review of SC’s 8 April ruling in which it held that governors cannot sit over bills passed by state legislatures.

On Camera

Zohran Mamdani’s shaky politics has come home to bite

The Israel-Palestine question appeared to be the one area where he apparently refused to soften his views. And that refusal is now colliding with the realities of governing.

Free gas to waivers, govt-owned gas firms roll out incentives to push households from LPG to PNG

IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.