SC’s TN ruling doesn’t entirely cover Kerala government dispute: Centre

NEW DELHI: Centre on Tuesday contended earlier than Supreme Court that its latest ruling in Tamil Nadu governor’s case, which mounted a time interval for President and governors to take selections on payments, doesn’t tackle all features of the authorized battle between Kerala govt and its governor.
Kerala govt counsel Okay Okay Venugopal advised a bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi that the difficulty raised by it stood addressed by SC’s latest verdict. “Matter covered by the recent judgment. The issue is what is the time limit for reference to the President. That is held to be three months… based on a Govt of India circular,” Venugopal stated.

Kerala government had approached SC in opposition to the governor for sitting on payments handed by the state meeting in 2024.
Attorney basic R Venkataramani and solicitor basic Tushar Mehta, showing for the Centre, nonetheless, advised the bench that sure features weren’t coated by SC’s judgment and would must be examined. “Judgment does not cover certain issues of this case on facts. We would like to show those differences,” the AG stated.