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Madras High Court: <\/strong>A Division Bench of N. Kirubakaran and B. Pugalendhi, JJ., said that a Constitutional Authority has to take a decision, if a Bill is presented for assent, as soon as possible. It was also stated that the protection under Article 361 of the Constitution has been given by the Framers of the Constitution, with hope and trust in the Appointees that they would perform their constitutional functioning promptly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The High Court was hearing a petition seeking direction to the Governor to take a decision with regard to\u00a0“The Tamil Nadu Admission to Under Graduate Courses in Medicines, Dentistry, Indian Medicine and Homeopathy on preferential basis to the Students of the Government Schools Bill, 2020”\u00a0<\/em>pending before him for assent. The Advocate General submitted before to the Court that the Constitutional Authority is in need of three to four weeks time to take a decision with regard to the Bill.\u00a0It was noted that the said Bill was passed unanimously on 15-09-2020 and the same was sent for assent to the Constitutional Authority on the very same day, yet the same is pending for last two months.<\/p>\n

It was noted by the Court that since the introduction of NEET Examination in the year 2017, so far only 14 students from the Government Schools got admission to the Medical Courses. On High Court’s posing a question with regard to the non-taking of a decision by the Constitutional Authority, the Advocate General referred\u00a0Article 361(“Protection of President and Governors and Rajpramukhs<\/em>“) of the Constitution of India and submitted that in the said Article, protection has been given that the Governor who is not answerable to any Court for exercise and performance of the powers and duties of his office or for any act done or purporting to be done by him in the exercise and performance of those powers and duties.<\/p>\n

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The Court was of the view that no doubt Article 361 gives protection to the Constitutional Authority. However, in the given circumstances, a decision has been taken, taking into consideration the future of the Government School students, who are invariably from marginalized and poor sections, as soon as\u00a0possible as provided under Article 200 of the Constitution of India.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Article 200 of the Constitution of India :<\/strong>
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200. Assent to Bills<\/b>.\u2014When a Bill has been passed by the Legislative Assembly of a State or, in the case of a State having a Legislative Council, has been passed by both Houses of the Legislature of the State, it shall be presented to the Governor and the Governor shall declare either that he assents to the Bill or that he withholds assent therefrom or that he reserves the Bill for the consideration of the President:<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Provided that the Governor may, as soon as possible after the presentation to him of the Bill for assent, return the Bill if it is not a Money Bill together with a message requesting that the House or Houses will reconsider the Bill or any specified provisions thereof and, in particular, will consider the desirability of introducing any such amendments as he may recommend in his message and, when a Bill is so returned, the House or Houses shall reconsider the Bill accordingly, and if the Bill is passed again by the House or Houses with or without amendment and presented to the Governor for assent, the Governor shall not withhold assent therefrom:<\/span><\/p>\n

Provided further that the Governor shall not assent to, but shall reserve for the consideration of the President, any Bill which in the opinion of the Governor would, if it became law, so derogate from the powers of the High Court as to endanger the position which that Court is by this Constitution designed to fill.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The High Court stated that, “A perusal of Article 200 \u2013 ‘Assent to Bills’, would reveal that the Constitutional Authority has to take a decision, if a Bill is presented for assent, as soon as possible.<\/i>“<\/p>\n

It was also said that the protection under Article 361 “has been given by the Framers of the Constitution, with hope and trust in the Appointees that they would perform their constitutional functioning promptly and there would not be any situation, wherein they would be called for to give an explanation or they will be questioned by the Court of law.<\/i>“<\/p>\n

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In view of the above, the High Court concluded that, when the situation changes and present kind of situation arises, a different approach has to be taken by the Courts in the interest of the public. It is well-settled law that \u201cExtraordinary situation requires extraordinary remedies\u201d<\/em>. When public interest requires, the High Court has to do its constitutional duties and to address the situation. However, the Court was of the opinion that such a situation would not arise to pass any order in the present matter. [S. Ramakrishnan v. State of T.N., 2020 SCC OnLine Mad 5207<\/b><\/a>, decided on 29-10-2020]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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