Chennai, Apr 8 (Reporter) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin on Tuesday termed the Supreme Court order against Governor RN Ravi withholding assent to the Bills passed in the State Assembly as a historic verdict for all states and a victory for state autonomy and federalism. Announcing this in the State Assembly, he said this verdict was not only a major victory for Tamil Nadu but a victory for all state governments in the country. The Tamil Nadu government fought for upholding DMK's lifeline of State autonomy and federal principles. "Tamil Nadu will fight...Tamil Nadu will win", he said, amid thumping of desks by the members of the Treasury benches. Observing that Tamil Nadu has got a historic verdict from the Supreme Court, he said the Governor has returned several Bills passed in the State Assembly without giving his assent. "When they are passed again in the House for the second time and forwarded to him for his assent, the Governor ought to have given his assent as mandated by the Constitution. But Mr Ravi did not give his assent, delayed it and also said he has powers". When the Tamil Nadu government moved the Supreme Court against this, the Apex Court accepted the genuine arguments of Tamil Nadu and declared that the Governor's action in not giving assent to the Bills as illegal and erroneous in law and that the Bills are ought have been received the assent. "It's a historic verdict", he said, and also thanked the members of various parties who spoke in the House hailing the Apex Court verdict and the efforts taken by the DMK government in upholding autonomy and federalism. In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court held that Tamil Nadu Governor Ravi’s decision to withhold assent from ten re-enacted bills and reserve them for the President was “illegal, erroneous in law, and liable to be set aside.” A Bench comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan ruled that the Governor failed to act in good faith, especially since the bills had been pending with him — the oldest since January 2020 — and were reserved for Presidential consideration only after the Assembly re-enacted them following the Court’s verdict in the Punjab Governor's case. The verdict had clarified that Governors cannot indefinitely sit on legislation passed by the State Assemblies. The Court declared that the ten bills are deemed assented by Governor after their second passage by the State Assembly. Any action taken by the President on these bills was also declared non-est in law (was set aside)...////...