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NEW DELHI: Questioning Tamil Nadu governor R N Ravi for withholding assent on bills passed by the assembly without giving any reasons, Supreme Court on Thursday said the governor seemed to have devised his own procedure, which was not part of the Constitution, and sought to know from him the legal basis for doing so.
A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan, which is hearing the legal battle between Tamil Nadu govt and the governor, said the governor was frustrating Article 200 of the Constitution by withholding assent instead of giving approval or sending the bills back to the assembly for reconsideration. Twelve bills were sent to Ravi out of which he referred two to the President and withheld consent on 10.
“It does not make sense to withhold assent and not send it to the legislature, thereby frustrating the provision of Article 200. He seems to have adopted his own procedure,” the bench said. It asked how a decision to withhold consent could be taken without giving any reason as it would lead to a deadlock and said a governor should give reasons while seeking reconsideration as that aspect would be examined afresh by the assembly.
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