08-Apr-2025 10:48 PM
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Chennai, Apr 8 (Reporter) Terming Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi's action to withhold
assent to the Bills passed in the State Assembly as Constitutionally wrong, Senior
Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram hailed the Apex Court
verdict using its special powers and ordering that all the Bills were deemed to have
been assented by Mr Ravi.
The Governor was wrong, Constitutionally wrong, he said.
In a social media post, he said "I welcome the judgement of the Supreme Court today
that the Governor of Tamil Nadu was wrong in withholding assent to Bills passed -- and
re-affirmed - - by the TN State legislature".
"The Constitutional position was always clear, and many jurists had explained the position
several times. Yet the Governor withheld assent to many Bills", he wrote.
"He was wrong, constitutionally wrong", Mr Chidambaram wrote...////...