New Delhi, Nov 20 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the actions of governors and the President in granting, withholding, or reserving assent to bills are not subject to judicial review.

The observations, stressing the separation of powers between the judiciary and the executive, were made in a judgment by a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice B R Gavai while answering the Presidential reference on the issue of fixing timelines in granting assent to bills by governors and the President.

“We find no reason to deviate from the binding decisions of this Court and for the additional reasoning… are of the considered view that the discharge of the Governor’s or President’s functions under Articles 200 and 201 respectively, is not justiciable," it held.

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