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Bengaluru, August 04: Justice B.V. Nagarathna, Supreme Court Judge, delivered the keynote address at the NLSIU-PACT conference in Bengaluru & said that the cases against Governors in the Supreme Court is a sad story on the constitutional position of the Governor in India.
Delivering her closing keynote address on the topic “Home in the Nation: Indian Women’s Constitutional Imaginaries” at the National National Law School of India University (NLSIU)-PACT conference she said “In today’s times, unfortunately, some of the Governors in India are playing a role where they ought not to and inactive where they ought to be.
She explained the idea of neutrality of Governor with a quote of Durgabai Deshmukh, member of the Constituent Assembly of India, who had said “Certain functions are expected to be discharged by the Governor".
She added that we wanted to introduce the Governor in our Constitution because we thought that an element of harmony would be there and that institution would bring about some sort of understanding and harmony between the conflicting groups of people, if really the Governor is conscious of his duties and he functions well.
She further added that it is only for this purpose this is proposed. The governing idea is to place the Governor above party politics, above factions and not to subject him to the party affairs.
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