The Supreme Court of India today expressed its tremendous annoyance over the sour relations between the Governor and Punjab government led by Aam Admi Party CM, Comedian turned politician Bhagwant Mann.
The apex court catagorically said that it is not happy with the confrontation existing between the governor and the CM, Punjab and said that this being a very serious issue need to be addressed on priority basis.
Presently the supreme court is hearing this case. The Court while taking a very serious view of the Governor not giving his consent to the bills passed by Punjab Assembly said : you are playing with the fire as our country runs on the the establish constitutional norms which need to be adhered to strictly.
While arguing the case on behalf of the Punjab government, leading advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi said it seems that despite the Governor being in office the calling of assembly session seems to be a tedious affair. The chief justice of Supreme Court D. Y. Chandrachud asked the counsel of Governor as to how can a bill passed in Punjab Assembly with majority, the permission of which was not granted by the Governor, be declared as illegal or unconstitutional.
The chief justice in an annoyed tone asked – did the Governor know that he is playing with fire saying that if the Governor feels that the bill in Punjab assemble has been passed in a wrong way or against the established norms, it should be send back to the speaker instead of terming the passed bill as unconstitutional. He asked – if the Governor will continue to say the passed bills as legally untenable and unconstitutional then what will happen to parliamentary democracy. The Supreme Court clarified that the governor is the constitutional head of the state but keeping in view the ongoing confrontation between the governor and the CM it looks as if democracy is at state asking if this state of affairs will continue like this, how would democracy be protected in Punjab.
The Court catagorically said to the advocate of Punjab governor that he could not withhold any passed bill for an indefinite period.
Mr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, senior advocate representing the Punjab Government said that such actions of the Governor amount to trying to take political revenge from AAP GOVERNMENT IN PUNJAB.
Showing his annoyance over the decision of Punjab Governor amd the chief justice SC, D. Y. Chandrachud asked where has it been written in the Constitution that the Governor can reject the decision taken by the speaker to call the assembly session?
The CBI said that there are two letters of Punjab governor in front of him in which it has been written that since the assembly session was illegally convened, I ( governor) can’t give my consent of approval to them.
On the other hand the Punjab Governor’s counsel said that they are taking the due advise from the legal experts since we have to move ahead as per legal norms. The central government said that the letter of the Punjab government is not the final decision and they are seeking appropriate advice from the learned legal experts to ensure that some concrete solution comes out of these impasse between the governor and the state government.
