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Tamil Nadu government’s notification on 10 Acts
April 15 , 2025
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- In a historic first, the Tamil Nadu government notified 10 Acts without receiving assent from either the Governor or the President.
- This move, unprecedented in Indian legislative history, was enabled by a recent Supreme Court verdict.
- On April 11, 2025, the Tamil Nadu government officially notified 10 Acts in the state Gazette.
- These Acts had previously been passed by the state Assembly and re-adopted in a special session, after Governor withheld assent and later forwarded them to the President.
- Most of the acts deal with the appointments of Vice-Chancellors in the State-run universities, taking away the powers vested with the Governor-Chancellor, and instead the powers would now vest with the government.
- The Supreme Court verdict has brought what was outside judicial review, under judicial review, and introduced a provision of deemed approval in case of delay in assent for Bills.
- Now, this verdict is applicable across India.
- With the Supreme Court fixing a deadline of one to three months for Governors to take a call on any future Bills and it is expected that the Governors of all States will fall in line.
- Of course, it is a debatable point whether a Constitutional issue could have been decided by a two-member Bench when the Constitution prescribes that it must be decided by a five-member Bench.
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