Overview
- The CPI(M) Polit Bureau called the Supreme Court’s advisory on Article 200 disappointing and harmful to states’ rights.
- The Court’s opinion states courts cannot set timelines for governors or the President to grant assent to state bills.
- While noting governors cannot stall bills in perpetuity, the advisory allows only limited judicial intervention for prolonged inaction.
- CPI(M) argues the lack of defined standards for what counts as prolonged delay makes the judicial remedy vague.
- The party warns governors could bypass a second passage by referring bills to the President, enabling indefinite delays in opposition-ruled states.