Rajya Sabha Member and senior lawyer Kapil Sibal said on Saturday that the Governor has very limited powers under the Constitution. If he thinks a Bill violates some provisions of parliamentary legislation, he can only refer it to the Union, to the President, or he can send it back to the legislature with his comments.
He was delivering the first Rakesh Endowment Lecture for Justice and Equity instituted by the Rakesh Law Foundation which was set up by Rajya Sabha Member and advocate N.R. Elango.
Mr. Sibal said the office of Governor was unfortunately a legacy of India’s colonial past. “I don’t see why we should have Governors. We should evolve a different mechanism to deal with our relationship with the Union,” he said.
