NEW DELHI: The state of Kerala has moved an application before the Supreme Court urging the top court to return the reference made by the President under Article 143 of the Constitution.
Following the verdict in the Tamil Nadu Bills case, President Murmu, in May this year, had asked the top court as to whether timelines can be imposed on Governors to act on Bills in the absence of a constitutionally-prescribed time limit and to report its opinion on constitutional options available to a Governor when a Bill is presented to him under Article 200 of the Constitution.
In the application filed before the Supreme Court, Kerala sought a declaration that the Presidential reference is not maintainable and prayed for its return.
It said that the Presidential reference “suppresses” the single important aspect that the first 11 out of the 14 queries raised are directly covered by the apex court judgment in 'The State of Tamil Nadu vs. The Governor of Tamil Nadu' case.