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The minister said she would comment on SC observation after reading the judgement.
On Tuesday, he referred seven bills he disapproved of to the President of India. The remaining eight he gave his assent to.
The top court also issued a notice to Attorney General R Venkataramani asking that either he or Solicitor General Tushar Mehta assist it in the hearing.
Venkitaramanan was the 18th RBI Governor and served from 1990 to 1992. He has also served as the Finance Secretary in the Ministry of Finance from 1985 to 1989.
The Supreme Court on November 10 had termed as a 'matter of serious concern' the alleged delay by Governor Ravi in giving assent to bills passed by the Assembly.
When asked about the Supreme Court's observation about the tiff between the Governor and the state, he said, to his knowledge, nothing has been mentioned about Kerala.
It pulled up the Punjab governor for not giving assent to bills passed by the state assembly.
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.
The Special Leave Petition has been filed by the State's Chief Secretary and Law Secretary.
SC observes that governors must know they are not elected representatives