‘Ye To Ulti Baat…’: Kapil Sibal Hits Back at Vice President Dhankhar’s ‘Super Parliament’ Remark on SC Ruling

'Ye To Ulti Baat…’: Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal on Friday attacked Jagdeep Dhankhar over his comments on the Supreme Court ruling that the Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi holding back assent to bills, asserting that the Vice President would understand that governors and the President act on the 'aid and advice' of the council of ministers.

This follows after Dhankar attacked the top court, asserting that it cannot turn into a 'super parliament' and start directing the President of India.

Kapil Sibal said that the Governor's withholding of bills was actually an “intrusion on the supremacy of the legislature.”

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“This should be known to Dhankar ji (Vice President), he asks how the powers of the president can be curtailed, but who is curtailing the powers? I say that a minister should go to the Governor and be there for two years, so they can raise issues which are of public importance, will the Governor be able to ignore them?” ANI quoted Sibal as saying.

Sibal, who is also president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, asked if the President could indefinitely delay the implementation of the bill that the parliament passes.

“This is in fact an intrusion on the supremacy of the legislature, ye to ulti baat hai (the issue is flipped). If Parliament passes a bill, can the President indefinitely delay its implementation? Even if it is not signed, does no one have the right to talk about it?” he asked.

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“This should be known to Dhankar ji (Vice President), he asks how the powers of the president can be curtailed, but who is curtailing the powers? I say that a minister should go to the Governor and be there for two years, so they can raise issues which are of public importance, will the Governor be able to ignore them?” ANI quoted Sibal as saying.

Sibal, who is also president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, asked if the President could indefinitely delay the implementation of the bill that the parliament passes.

“This is in fact an intrusion on the supremacy of the legislature, ye to ulti baat hai (the issue is flipped). If Parliament passes a bill, can the President indefinitely delay its implementation? Even if it is not signed, does no one have the right to talk about it?” he asked.

Dhankhar further said that the Constitution gives the power to the Supreme Court to interpret the law, but that bench will require five judges.

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