A political firestorm was unleashed in the southern Indian state of Tamil ... the chief justice of India, Dr D.Y. Chandrachud, which reiterated that the LG [lieutenant governor] can exercise ...

New Delhi The Supreme Court on Monday expressed its displeasure at the delay on the part of the governors in giving assent to bills passed by state ... Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud ...

Last week India's Supreme Court fretted that the country's governors could end up undermining democracy if their actions triggered the fall of a functioning state government. The top court alluded ...

According to a bench led by Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, state governors must show deference to the use of expression “as soon as possible” Governors “cannot be at ...

But defecting rebels split the party and cobbled together a new alliance with Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which rules India. The state's governor, Bhagat Singh Koshyari ...