nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/a19b3330777589f3 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 251205s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/a19b3330777589f3 doi eng 342 23 Jain, Anmol Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-4596-3911 A De Facto Union Veto - How the Indian Supreme Court Consolidated Federal Power Against the States Jain, Anmol Verfassungsblog 2025-12-05 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 20 November 2025, the Indian Supreme Court issued an advisory opinion on the nature and extent of gubernatorial power over state legislation. Disagreeing with its own May 2025 ruling, the Court held that Governors act with broad discretion, face no judicially enforceable time limits, and are largely beyond review when sitting on state bills. This enables a de facto Union veto over state lawmaking and raises serious concerns for India’s federal structure and judicial discipline. CC BY-SA 4.0 BJP federalism Indian Constitution Indian Supreme Court Maheshwari, Shashank Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-de-facto-union-veto-federalism-india-gubernatorial-powers/ raw object