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TN Governor Judgement: Constitutional History as an Interpretive Device

On 8 April 2025, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark Judgement that ended a protracted battle between the Government of Tamil Nadu and Governor R.N. Ravi over the withholding of assent to Bills passed by the state legislature.  The verdict, authored by Justice J.B. Pardiwala on behalf of himself and R. Mahadevan, held that the […]

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The Tamil Nadu Governor and Constitutional Conventions

On 9 January 2023, the Governor of Tamil Nadu chose to skip certain portions of the speech prepared by the state government, while addressing the first session of the Legislative Assembly in the new year. The skipped portion included references to values like social justice and secularism, and the names of leaders like Periyar and […]