New Delhi, April 18, 2025 (ANI): Speaking on Supreme Court mandating a three-month deadline for the President to decide on bills forwarded by Governors, former Supreme Court Judge Justice Ajay Rastogi said, “In my personal opinion, as the Constitution does not specify a timeline, issuing guidelines on such a timeline should have been avoided. Article 142 does not grant the authority to mandate the Hon’ble President.”
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00:00I think so far as the judgment of the Supreme Court is concerned,
00:06that is their wisdom in interpreting Article 200 and 201.
00:12But that's true that there is no time-bound schedule available for a request to Honorable
00:19the Governor or Honorable the President, if so, to decide the matters as expeditiously possible.
00:25And mandating within a timeline which the Constitution does not take care of should have been avoided
00:39if possible. And so far as Article 142 is concerned. And that is only to do complete justice between
00:51the parties intersay. But giving timelines for disposal of matters pending is not, to my understanding,
01:03is M42 Article. Comments are concerned, to my understanding, are very personal.
01:11I am not supposed to say so either way. But to my understanding,
01:24we all have to introspect ourselves.
01:28Because we all are equally responsible and accountable to see that the mandate of Constitution
01:37must be upheld. And rule of law, on whose shoulders it has been today,
01:48must see that in upholding the rule of law, we must discharge our official obligations as being
01:58casted by the Constitution.
02:05My only request is that,
02:11as I said about introspection,
02:15if something has remained pending for a long time in the office of the Governor,
02:20with a constitution never taken care of, the framers always thought that, let the authorities to whom
02:34official obligations have been casted upon, must discharge their duties excess creditiously.
02:38And that is what Article 200 also postulates.
02:41If somebody is not discharging his duty, and at that point of time, some comments are made,
02:55I don't say whether it is justified or not justified, but I will always say it should have been avoided.
03:00And the self-introspection, to my understanding, is the best recourse, which is expected from everyone to follow.
03:12But sir, how do you see this remark made by the Vice President,
03:16holding a high office of the country, calling Supreme Court as a...
03:21That is his personal comments, I don't want to say.
03:25Everybody examine the authority's function in their own way.
03:33It is the Honourable Vice President, as his personal view, which he has put before the public.
03:43Let the public examine it.
03:44But sir, is it clearly showing the rift between the government and the judiciary after this remark?
03:50I don't think there is any rift.
03:51I don't think.
03:53And there should not be any rift.
03:56Judiciary is discharging its duties.
03:59Executive is discharging its own duties.
04:01So I don't think there is any rift of any kind.