Rush Hour: SC raps TN governor Ravi, owner arrested for ‘non-veg’ biryani delivery and more

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The Supreme Court has ruled that Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi acted “illegally and erroneously” by withholding assent to 10 state bills, some pending since 2020, and later sending them to the president after they were re-passed by the Assembly.

A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said Ravi violated Article 200 of the Constitution and “showed scant respect” for settled democratic conventions. The court deemed the bills as assented to from the date of their re-enactment and quashed any presidential action taken on them.

Governors cannot deploy “pocket vetoes” and must act within fixed timelines, the court said. Chief Minister MK Stalin said the verdict was “historic” and upheld the rights of all Indian states. Most of the bills relate to state control over higher education, including limiting the governor’s role as chancellor of state universities. Read on.

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The owner of a Greater Noida restaurant was arrested on Monday after a woman alleged that she was delivered non-vegetarian biryani instead of a vegetarian one during Navratri. In a widely shared Instagram video, Chhaya Sharma claimed she ordered...

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