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New Delhi, November 2025 — The Supreme Court has ruled that neither Governors nor the President can be bound by fixed deadlines to grant assent to bills, making it clear that courts cannot impose strict time frames for decisions under Articles 200 and 201 of the Constitution. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice B.R. Gavai observed that enforcing such deadlines would violate the doctrine of separation of powers.The Bench rejected the idea of “deemed assent,” stating that automatically approving a bill due to delay would amount to the judiciary intruding into executive powers. However, the court stated that…