‘Why suppress info on rejection of NEET Bills’
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:02.08.2019
The Madras high court has wondered why the Tamil Nadu government did not inform anyone, including the state legislative assembly, about the return from the Centre of its two NEET Bills seeking to exempt the state from the exam, that too after acknowledging the receipt of the returned copies of the Bills.
The state government has even written to the Centre asking for the reasons for denial of the Presidential assent, a division bench of Justice S Manikumar and Justice Subramonium Prasad said on Thursday.
Noting that ministers and their secretaries cannot deny knowledge of such communication, the bench said providing assent or returning a Bill is the prerogative of the President, which none can question.
Though the state has sought the reasons for denying assent, the Centre has not replied to the communication yet. However, the state has no impediment in once again passing the Bills in the assembly and send them back to the President for his assent, the bench added.
The issue pertains to a PIL moved by Tamil Nadu Students Parents Welfare, represented by P B Prince Gajendra Babu and U Mustaffa seeking direction to the state government to complete the procedures for obtaining the presidential assent for the Bills on or before August 15, 2017.
During the course of hearing, the Centre informed the court that the Bills were returned as early in September 2017.
The Union government filed an affidavit submitting that the state was not only informed, but the true copies of the Bills were also returned which was acknowledged by the state.
When the plea came up for hearing on Thursday, senior counsel R Viduthalai submitted that the union and the state governments are hand in glove in the issue. Viduthalai further contended that it is the constitutional duty of the president to reveal the reasons of denial of assent to a Bill.
Recording the submissions, the bench adjourned the hearing to August 13.
The court observed that providing assent or returning a Bill is the prerogative of the President, which no one can question
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:02.08.2019
The Madras high court has wondered why the Tamil Nadu government did not inform anyone, including the state legislative assembly, about the return from the Centre of its two NEET Bills seeking to exempt the state from the exam, that too after acknowledging the receipt of the returned copies of the Bills.
The state government has even written to the Centre asking for the reasons for denial of the Presidential assent, a division bench of Justice S Manikumar and Justice Subramonium Prasad said on Thursday.
Noting that ministers and their secretaries cannot deny knowledge of such communication, the bench said providing assent or returning a Bill is the prerogative of the President, which none can question.
Though the state has sought the reasons for denying assent, the Centre has not replied to the communication yet. However, the state has no impediment in once again passing the Bills in the assembly and send them back to the President for his assent, the bench added.
The issue pertains to a PIL moved by Tamil Nadu Students Parents Welfare, represented by P B Prince Gajendra Babu and U Mustaffa seeking direction to the state government to complete the procedures for obtaining the presidential assent for the Bills on or before August 15, 2017.
During the course of hearing, the Centre informed the court that the Bills were returned as early in September 2017.
The Union government filed an affidavit submitting that the state was not only informed, but the true copies of the Bills were also returned which was acknowledged by the state.
When the plea came up for hearing on Thursday, senior counsel R Viduthalai submitted that the union and the state governments are hand in glove in the issue. Viduthalai further contended that it is the constitutional duty of the president to reveal the reasons of denial of assent to a Bill.
Recording the submissions, the bench adjourned the hearing to August 13.
The court observed that providing assent or returning a Bill is the prerogative of the President, which no one can question
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