BENGALURU: Some state governors are doing things they shouldn’t and not doing things they should, Justice BV Nagarathna of Supreme Court said while delivering the keynote address at a National Law School of India (NLSIU) conference in Bengaluru Saturday.The SC judge highlighted the importance of governors maintaining neutrality, quoting Durgabai Deshmukh, a member of the…
President Droupadi Murmu appointed governors to several states late Saturday night: Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde (Rajasthan), Jishnu Dev Varma (Telangana), Santosh Kumar Gangwar (Jharkhand), C P Radhakrishnan (Maharashtra), Lakshman Prasad Acharya (Assam & additional charge of Manipur), Gulab Chand Kataria (Punjab), Ramen Deka (Chhattisgarh), C H Vijayashankar (Meghalaya), Om Prakash Mathur (Sikkim).K Kailashnathan will be LG…
NEW DELHI: A week after agreeing to test the validity of blanket constitutional immunity from criminal prosecution to governors, Supreme Court Friday said it would consider framing guidelines for governors in withholding assent to bills passed by the legislature or referring them to the President.Opposition-governed Kerala and West Bengal Friday joined Telangana and Tamil Nadu…
HYDERABAD: SC judge Justice BV Nagarathna Saturday questioned the way some governors were withholding assent to bills sent by state govts and said it was embarrassing for courts to tell governors to do their duty. Delivering the inaugural address at the ‘Courts and Constitution-2023 in Review’ conference at Nalsar University, the judge also criticised the…
