🧨 Supreme Court vs Governors? What's Cooking in Delhi Now?! 👀⚖️
- MediaFx
- Aug 21, 2025
- 3 min read
TL;DR 🧠📌
The Supreme Court is now giving advice to the President 👩🏽⚖️ on whether Governors can be forced to act quickly on state bills 🧾📅. This is NOT about cancelling past rulings 👎🏽 but about giving clarity on power limits ⚖️. SG Tushar Mehta says courts can’t control Governors 😤, but the Judges feel democracy will break down if no one acts! 🤯 The big debate is on—should courts fix deadlines or leave it to political will? 🔥
Supreme Court’s Gavel vs Governor’s Pen! 🖋️⚖️
Ayyo, so much heat in the courtroom! 🧯 On Day 3 of the big hearing on Presidential Reference about timelines for Governors, a 5-judge Constitution Bench led by CJI B.R. Gavai is dealing with some full-power level constitutional drama 🤓🔥.
Basically, President Droupadi Murmu sent a question to the Supreme Court under Article #143 asking – “Can we give Governors and the President fixed deadlines to approve or reject state bills?” 😵💫🗓️
Right now, Governors can keep bills pending FOREVER if they want. 🐌 And that's causing deadlocks in many states like Tamil Nadu and Kerala 😩. This Reference came after the court earlier ruled that Governors must act quickly—no sleeping on the job! 😴🚫
What Did the Supreme Court Say Today? 🧑🏽⚖️🔥
👨🏽⚖️ CJI Gavai and team said loudly – “We’re not cancelling our earlier judgment. We are just giving advice to the President!” 🙅🏽
💬 The Judges were like – "If Governors don't act and no one can question them, then isn’t democracy just drama?” 🎭💔
🧠 Justice Narasimha was like – “Should the court stay silent even when Governors don’t act? Not possible boss!” 😤🤷🏽♂️
📜 They reminded everyone that withholding bills without returning them to the Assembly is not only lazy, it's counterproductive 😬🧱. It blocks people’s voice and MLAs’ power 🚫📣.
What the Government Says 😒🚨
🎙️ Solicitor General Tushar Mehta (govt’s top lawyer) said – “Yeh kya hai, courts can’t put timers on Governors like kitchen ovens!” 🧑🏽🍳⏱️
He was super serious and told the court – “The Governor’s decision is discretionary, you can’t make him a puppet!” 🪙🧍🏽♂️
But courts are like – “If there’s no deadline, what stops a Governor from sitting on a bill for 5 years?” 😤⌛
So, big confusion now between executive freedom vs judicial accountability 😵🔥
Why It Matters For YOU! 📢🚨
Let’s be real—Governors not signing bills = big time blockage of public welfare schemes 🚧. Be it students’ welfare, job quota bills, caste survey laws or even minimum wage hike bills—Governors have been delaying stuff for months 😤.
This power fight is affecting regular people who want better roads, cheaper education, and safe jobs 😓🛣️📚💼
MediaFx Take 💥💬
From the people's side, this delay drama is totally unfair 😤. Why should a handful of unelected Governors—many of them retired politicians—stop the bills passed by elected MLAs? 🤔🤨
The rich & powerful want to keep this "delay button" with the Governors so they can stop progressive laws, especially in non-BJP ruled states 😤👎🏽. But the Constitution was never meant to protect the laziness of power-wielders. It was made to empower YOU—the public! 💪🏽❤️
Time-bound decisions are needed so public welfare is not held hostage by bureaucratic games 🧠🕰️.
Governors must be accountable. Democracy isn’t for decoration. It’s for delivering change. 🛠️📣
