How have the courts ruled?
A number of rulings by the Supreme Court has settled the position that the Governor cannot refuse the request of a Cabinet that enjoys majority in the House unless it is patently unconstitutional. The latest in the line of rulings is the landmark 2016 Constitution Bench ruling in which the Supreme Court looked into the constitutional crisis in Arunachal Pradesh after the Governor had imposed President’s Rule in the state.
“In ordinary circumstances during the period when the Chief Minister and his council of ministers enjoy the confidence of the majority of the House, the power vested with the Governor under Article 174 to summon, prorogue and dissolve the house(s) must be exercised in consonance with the aid and advice of the chief minister and his council of ministers. In the above situation, he is precluded [from taking] an individual call on the issue at his own will, or in his own discretion,” the verdict said.
Chennithala urges Kerala CM to pass legislation against centre s farm laws ANI | Updated: Dec 24, 2020 08:56 IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 24 (ANI): Kerala Legislative Assembly Opposition leader and Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala on Monday wrote a letter to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan urging him to bring in legislation in the state assembly to override the central farm laws.
In the letter, Chennithala has urged the Kerala CM to bring in a resolution against the central government s farm laws as the first step. As the Governor has denied permission to convene the assembly, I urge you to bring in a legislation as agriculture is a state subject, he said in the letter.
New Delhi: The central government on Thursday once again reached out to protesting farmers via a letter asking them to decide the date and time for the next round of talks. The government is committed to reaching logical solutions of the issues raised by you, it read. Earlier today, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury met President Ram Nath Kovind and submitted a memorandum supposedly containing two crore signatures seeking the President s intervention in the farm laws issue.
The farmer unions have asked the Modi government to come up with a new concrete proposal for resumption of talks, even as Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar stressed that dialogue was the only way for a solution and the government was committed to reforms in the farm sector.
Kerala Guv declines permission for special Assembly session on farm laws
Updated Dec 23, 2020, 8:43 am IST
Earlier the governor asked the state government to furnish reasons for convening the session at such a short notice
Kerala Assembly. (Photo: PTI)
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has declined permission to convene special session of Assembly to discuss Centre s new farm laws.
The Governor rejected the Cabinet s recommendation saying that there is no urgency for convening a special session on December 23. The state government was planning to pass a resolution against the farm laws.
Earlier the governor asked the state government to furnish reasons for convening the session at such a short notice. Even though the reasons were conveyed to him, the governor reportedly denied permission for the second time.
Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday slammed the NDA government at the Centre alleging that they were protecting the interests of corporates and not farmers, and demanded withdrawal of the three contentious farm laws, against which farmers are protesting near Delhi. Averring that the ongoing farmers agitation was one of the fiercest and most iconic of such protests ever witnessed in the country, Vijayan said farmers were the food-givers of the country and so their demand should be seen as the general interest of the nation. While inaugurating a Left front-supported meeting at the Martyr scolumn here to express solidarity with the agitating farmers, he also accused the union government of taking back to back tormenting steps against ryots and attempting to quell the protests by creating communal division in the society.