nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/901cada034f760fa DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250606s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/901cada034f760fa doi eng 342 23 Gupta, Sarthak Author aut Sleeping on Bills - A Constitutional Misstep in India Gupta, Sarthak Verfassungsblog 2025-06-06 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In a landmark judgment from April 2025, the Indian Supreme Court ruled that gubernatorial inaction is unconstitutional. Responding to the Governor of Tamil Nadu’s failure to act on ten bills, the Court declared such inaction “illegal” and reasserted limits to gubernatorial discretion. It not only imposed a timeframe for assent but also used its extraordinary powers to deem the bills passed. CC BY-SA 4.0 India India Indian Constitution Indian Supreme Court (DE-588)1236319109 gnd India Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/sleeping-on-bills/ raw object