Responding to the Presidential reference made in the case of the Tamil Nadu Bills verdict, the Supreme Court said “deemed assent”, invoked earlier this year in the Tamil Nadu case, is “antithetical to the spirit of the Constitution” and goes against the principle of separation of powers.
The official order appointing Jayakumar was issued on Monday. His term will be for two years, and the appointment will take effect from Friday. The tenure of the outgoing TDB President, P S Prasanth, ends on November 13.
The royal families of Mankapur and Balrampur faced each other in the election. Kirti Vardhan Singh defeated Jayendra Pratap Singh of the Balrampur royal family by a huge margin of 130 votes today.
Saikia demanded that the investigation be monitored by a sitting or retired judge of the Gauhati High Court, arguing that only judicial oversight could ensure accountability in what he described as a case filled with “suspicious circumstances”.
Justice Vikram Nath, sitting with Chief Justice Gavai along with Justice Surya Kant, Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar, interjected: “Yes, Bangladesh also.”
The top court’s observation came in the course of the daylong hearing on the Presidential Reference, where the working of the Constitution was described as a “collaborative exercise” that must ensure one organ does not thwart the functioning of another.
The award was received by Sh. Ravindra Kumar Tyagi, Chairman and Managing Director, POWERGRID along with Dr. Yatindra Dwivedi, Director (Personnel), POWERGRID.
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian is scheduled to depart on Monday evening for a two-day tour to Armenia and Belarus.
The meeting came on the sidelines of Marcos Jr.'s five-day state visit to India.
The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, addressed the first convocation of AIIMS Deoghar, calling for a stronger focus on community-oriented healthcare, inclusive medical practice, and institutional responsibility in public health delivery. She reflected on the institute’s journey and its role in advancing tribal and rural health systems.
