The Supreme Court's notice to center the dispute over bills in Fresh States v. Governors

New Delhi: Based on persistent and frequent state appeals alleging delays in providing assent to pending bills and sending those to President Droupadi Murmu, the Supreme Court on Friday issued letters to the center and secretaries to the governors of Bengal and Kerala.
Notifications were sent to the Home Ministry, senior aides of Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, and his Bengali equivalent, CV Ananda Bose, by a bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud. The bills had been overdue for eight months. I'm contesting the legislation' reference to the president. Governors are confused and continue to file bills. Speaking on behalf of the Keralan government, senior counsel KK Venugopal declared, "This is against the Constitution." "I represent Bengal... we will frame common issues," senior lawyer Abhishek Singhvi then remarked. The Chief Justice said, "Issue notice in the Bengal case as well (with) liberty to implead union government." The Governor and Union Home Ministry will receive notice from us." "Every time the court hears this... some bills are cleared," said Mr. Singhvi. "Same happened during Tamil Nadu case as well." The governors and the center have three weeks to reply, according to the Supreme Court. The court also ordered the states that were petitioning to send in a combined notification.  Kerala's ruling CPIM petitioned the Supreme Court in March, challenging the Governor's decision to hold off on approving seven measures until the President could review them. Mr. Khan's action was deemed "manifestly arbitrary" and in violation of Article 14 of the Constitution by the administration of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. "Equally... advice by Union of India to the President to withhold assent for four bills, which are wholly within domain of the State, while disclosing no reason whatsoever, is also manifestly arbitrary and violates Article 14 of the Constitution," stated the state's government.  The state also stated that the governor has been awaiting these seven bills for the past two years.
The state and the governor had previously disagreed on this matter.