New Delhi (PTI) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary MA Baby on Thursday said the Supreme Court's response to the Presidential Reference on timelines to grant assent to Bills was "deplorable and shocking".

President Droupadi Murmu had, exercising her power under the rarely used Article 143 (1),

posed 14 crucial questions before the top court over its April 8 verdict, which imposed a three-month deadline for the President and governors on dealing with Bills placed before them for assent, or consideration.

After deliberating on the Presidential Reference, a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice B R Gavai on Thursday opined that timelines cannot be fixed for the President and the governors for granting assent to Bills passed by state assemblies.

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