New Delhi: Bills sent by the state government should be approved by the governors immediately or in case of disagreement, they should be returned immediately. There is no reason to keep the bills hanging. This comment was made by the Supreme Court on Monday regarding the functioning of the governors. The Telangana government had filed an application in the apex court for not taking a decision on the Bills on behalf of Governor T. Sundararajan. The government says that the governor has not taken any decision on the bills sent by him for a month, which were passed by the assembly. 

On this, the court mentioned Article 200 given in the constitution for the functioning of the governors. The court said that governors should decide on bills as soon as possible. If there is agreement, it should be approved immediately and if you disagree, then it should also be returned immediately. A bench of Chief Justice (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha noted that the first section of Article 200 of the Constitution mandates that governors must immediately assent or return bills brought before them. However, money bills have to be approved by the governor. 

The CJI's bench also said that this order of ours is not only related to this matter, but matters to all constitutional institutions. The court said that there is a feeling in the constitution that all the institutions should take timely decisions. Last month, in this matter, the court had issued a notice to the central government seeking its reply. After this, the Governor of Telangana wrote to Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that till now all the bills have been approved or they have been returned to the state government. After this reply of the Governor, the court closed the hearing.

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