The Supreme Court on Thursday held that no timeline can be fixed for the grant of assent for the Governor and the President, though the constitutional authorities cannot sit over bills passed by the State legislatures indefinitely.

A five-judge Constitution bench led by Chief Justice of India B R Gavai also declared that there is no concept of deemed consent in the Constitution.

Deemed assent is against the spirit of the Constitution and the doctrine of separation of power, it said.

\"Articles 200 and 201 of the Constitution are framed to allow elasticity. The imposition of a timeline is strictly contrary to the Constitution. The concept of deemed assent presupposes that constitutional authority would place a substitute role for the Governor, it is antithetical to the separation of powe

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