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The bills in question include the Kerala University Law Bill 2022, which aims to replace the Governor from the position of Chancellor of universities in the state.
The Governor delayed signing the bill calling the amendment unconstitutional.
"We will admit it and consider everything," said the Division Bench comprising Chief Justice AJ Desai and Justice VG Arun while admitting the plea filed by RS Sasikumar.
On November 13, 2023, the Lokayukta bench rejected the petition citing the CM has the authority to allocate the funds and that there was no evidence of ministers having engaged in corruption or nepotism.
The Supreme Court questioned the governor for delaying some bills for nearly two years and not keeping transparency as per the constitution.
On Tuesday, he referred seven bills he disapproved of to the President of India. The remaining eight he gave his assent to.
The Supreme Court, in the petition filed by the Punjab Government, had held that if a Governor decides to withhold assent to a Bill, then he has to return it to the legislature for reconsideration.
RS Sasikumar filed the petition against the CM and ministers on September 7, 2018.
On November 2, the Kerala govt moved the Supreme Court against the Governor's inordinate delay in giving his assent to Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly.
Lokayukta asked the petitioner what was the relevance of the plea to reconsider the case as the Kerala High Court had already rejected a similar petition.