CASE SUMMARY : STATE OF TAMIL NADU VS GOVERNOR OF TAMIL NADU

CITATION: 2025 INSC 481 | WRIT PETITION(CIVIL): No. 1239 OF 2023 BENCH: J. B. PARDIWALA AND R. MAHADEVANCOURT: SUPREME COURT OF INDIA | DECIDED: 8 APRIL 2025 INTRODUCTION On 8 April, 2025, a division bench of the Supreme Court presided by Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan passed a landmark judgement in the case of State of Tamil Nadu Vs Governor of Tamil Nadu, the Court declared that Governor delaying in granting assent to thebills are illegal. The court ruled that the President and Governors do not enjoy an absolute veto over bills sent to them for assent and also prescribed timelines within which they should act on such bills. BACKGROUND Between 2020 and 2023, the Tamil Nadu assembly passed several bills in which many related to governance of state universities and other related state matters. All these bills after passed by the assembly were sent for the Governor assent under Article 200 of the constitution of India. But the Governor put reserved some of these

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LEGAL CHALLENGES OF AI – GENERATED DEEPFAKE MEDIA

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When Arbitration Procedure Becomes Litigation

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