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Tamil Nadu Government Vs Governor controversies
April 15 , 2025
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- In April, 2023, Governor proclaimed that when a Governor withholds assent to a Bill passed by the Assembly, it means the “Bill is dead”.
- He had argued that the Supreme Court had defined withholding assent as “the Bill falling through”, implying the Bill is dead.
- In November 2023, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court while dealing with the Punjab Governor’s case, held that the rejection of a Bill by a Governor does not mean its death.
- A law proposed by a state legislature is not extinguished merely because that the Governor refuses to sign his assent.
- In February 2022, the Governor Ravi returned to the Assembly Speaker the Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Medical Degree Courses Bill 2021.
- The Bill had sought exemption from the NEET-based admissions to MBBS/BDS courses and instead admit students on the basis of class 12 Board exam marks in government quota seats.
- The Bill was also drafted on the recommendations of the Justice A.K. Rajan Committee.
- The Tamil Nadu Assembly, for the first time, has re-adopted that Bill returned by the Governor, and sent it back to Raj Bhavan.
- This time, Governor forwarded it to the President, who has since declined assent.
- In June 2023, Governor unilaterally “dismissed with immediate effect” V. Senthil Balaji from the Council of Ministers, hours after the latter were arrested by ED in an alleged money laundering case.
- But Chief Minister had retained Mr. Senthil Balaji as a Minister without portfolio.
- Late on the same day, the Governor quickly backtracked on his decision.
- In March 2024, the Governor refused to re-induct K. Ponmudy into the Cabinet, though the Supreme Court had suspended his conviction in a corruption case.
- Later, the Chief Justice of India slammed Governor for “defying the Supreme Court of India” by refusing to re-induct as Minister.
- The Governor then administered the oath of office and secrecy to Mr. Ponmudy.
- In October 2023, a man threw a Molotov cocktail at the main gate of the Raj Bhavan in Chennai.
- A day later the Raj Bhavan has accused the police of Suo motu diluting the attack “as an act of simple vandalism”.
- Subsequently, the National Investigation Agency took over probe in the case and rejected the Raj Bhavan’s claim that more assailants were involved or serious attack.
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