NEW DELHI: Answering a reference from President Droupadi Murmu under Article 143, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that it cannot impose timelines on the President or Governors for granting assent to Bills under Articles 200 and 201. The Court said the idea of declaring “deemed assent” when such timelines are crossed runs counter to the Constitution’s spirit and violates the separation of powers, amounting to the judiciary taking over functions reserved for the Governor.

A Constitution Bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, PS Narasimha and AS Chandurkar heard the matter over ten days before reserving its opinion on September 11.

The reference placed 14 questions before the Court, which the Bench answered in its ruling. Here are the questions and answ

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