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The Tamil Nadu authorities moved the Supreme Court connected Saturday (October 4, 2025) against a determination of Governor R.N. Ravi to reserve the Kalaignar University Bill 2025 for information of President Droupadi Murmu alternatively of granting assent to projected instrumentality arsenic advised by the State Cabinet.
The State government, represented by elder advocator P. Wilson and advocator Misha Rohatgi Mohta, has sought an bid from the apical tribunal to state the Governor’s determination and “all consequential acts arising therefrom” arsenic illegal, patently unconstitutional, and void ab-initio.
The State authorities has further sought the tribunal to nonstop the Governor to enactment nether Article 200 (grant of assent) of the Constitution successful accordance with the assistance and proposal of the Council of Ministers.
The tribunal connected September 9 reserved for judgement a Presidential Reference which has brought into crisp absorption the schism betwixt Opposition-ruled States and their Governors implicit hold successful clearing important laws.
Questions raised successful the notation touched connected the question of the Governor’s discretion nether Article 200 and whether they could enactment extracurricular the assistance and proposal of State Cabinet to either garbage to assistance assent oregon reserve Bills for information of the President.
The bony of contention, which had led to the Presidential reference, was an April 8 judgement of the Supreme Court which imposed a three-month deadline connected Governors and the President to woody with Bills placed earlier them for assent oregon consideration, respectively.
