Supreme Court to Begin Presidential Reference Hearing

• The Supreme Court will begin its August 19 hearing on a Presidential Reference by hearing the challenge raised by Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

• The reference questions the Court’s power to draw timelines for President and Governors to deal with State Bills.

• The States, represented by senior advocates K.K. Venugopal, A.M. Singhvi, and P. Wilson, will have an hour to convince the Court to return the reference unanswered.

• Kerala’s Advocate Venugopal argues for a preliminary hearing on the maintainability of the reference before the Union government submits support for the presidential questions.