A De Facto Union Veto - How the Indian Supreme Court Consolidated Federal Power Against the States Jain, Anmol Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-4596-3911 Maheshwari, Shashank Author aut Text xx# 2025 Verfassungsblog 2025-12-05 eng
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 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 Jain, Anmol BJP federalism Indian Constitution Indian Supreme Court 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-de-facto-union-veto-federalism-india-gubernatorial-powers/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/a19b3330777589f3 251205 10.59704/a19b3330777589f3 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)