Deadlines On Governors, President To Act On Bills Will Lead To ‘Constitutional Disorder’: Centre To SC

The Centre has opposed the idea of setting fixed deadlines for the President and Governors to clear bills, cautioning that such a move would disrupt the constitutional balance of power.

The submission comes in response to a Supreme Court order in April that prescribed a three-month timeline for the President and a one-month window for Governors to decide on pending legislation.

“Even under its extraordinary powers vested in Article 142, the Supreme Court cannot amend the Constitution or defeat the intent of the Constitution makers, provided there are no such procedural mandates in the constitutional text," Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued.