NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court's five-judge Constitution bench, headed by the Chief Justice B R Gavai, will pronounce the judgement on Thursday on President Droupadi Murmu's reference case seeking the top court's opinion on whether timelines can be imposed on Governors and the President for granting assent to State bills.

The bench of the apex court had reserved its verdict on September 11, after a marathon hearing continued for 10 days, as it heard extensively the arguments and submissions from the Centre, several state governments, political leaders, parties and other respondents.

The five-judge Constitution bench hearing the Presidential Reference case was headed by the CJI Gavai and four other senior-most judges of the SC, comprised of Justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, P S Narasimha an

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