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‘You are playing with fire’, Supreme Court tells governor
‘What your government is doing in Punjab is also defeating the Constitution,’ a Bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud tells senior counsel AM Singhvi, who represented the Punjab government
‘You are playing with fire’, Supreme Court tells governor
New Delhi: Amid a raging dispute between the Punjab government and the governor over the latter withholding certain bills passed by the state assembly, the Supreme Court on Friday cautioned Governor Banwarilal Purohit, saying he was playing with fire.
“You (Governor) are playing with fire. How can the Governor say the bills passed by the assembly are invalid because the session was irregular? These are bills passed by a duly elected body…Not clearing the bills saying that the session is unconstitutional is like playing with fire. Will we continue to be a parliamentary democracy?” a three-judge Bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud wondered.
“Please don’t deflect the course of bills passed by the duly elected assembly. It’s a matter of very serious concern,” the Bench told Additional Solicitor General Satya Pal Jain, who represented the Governor’s Office.
The top court also disapproved of the Punjab government’s conduct in not proroguing the Budget Session and virtually merging it with the Winter Session.
“What your government is doing in Punjab is also defeating the Constitution,” the Bench told senior counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who represented the Punjab government.
“We understand that it may be necessary to adjourn the House sine die between the budget session…there may be Diwali etc. but your budget session is now going Monsoon… Monsoon goes to Winter session… If democracy has to work, it has to work in the hands of the Chief Minister and the Governor as well. You cannot ignore the rules of the House that there have to be three sessions,” the Bench told Singhvi.
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