In which of the following cases, the Supreme Court of India held that the Governor must perform his…
The observation appears in State of Tamil Nadu v. Governor of Tamil Nadu, decided on 8 April 2025. Paragraph 436 links the Governor’s guiding role to dispassion,…
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In which of the following cases, the Supreme Court of India held that the Governor must perform his role of a friend, philosopher and guide with dispassion, guided not by considerations of political expediency but by the sanctity of the constitutional oath he undertakes?
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Correct answer B
The observation appears in State of Tamil Nadu v. Governor of Tamil Nadu, decided on 8 April 2025. Paragraph 436 links the Governor’s guiding role to dispassion, parliamentary conventions and fidelity to the constitutional oath.
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