Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 1017 · Decided 10 November 2023
State of Punjab v. Principal Secretary to the Governor of Punjab and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 1017 · [2023] 15 S.C.R. 777
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1224/2023
- Decided
- 10 November 2023
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J.B. PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 200
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration: (i) Whether the Governor can withhold action on Bills which have been passed by the State Legislature; (ii) Whether it is permissible in law for the Speaker to reconvene a sitting Sabha session which has been adjourned but has not been prorogued. Constitution of India - Art. 200 - The Governor is a symbolic head and cannot withhold action on Bills passed by the State Legislature: Held: The Governor, as an unelected Head of the State, is entrusted with certain
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