The Centre has strongly criticized the Supreme Court’s ruling on deadlines for presidential and gubernatorial assent to bills, arguing it unconstitutionally infringes on the powers of these high offices. The government contends that judicial review of assent procedures could destabilize the balance of power among the legislature, executive, and judiciary.

The welcome party also had Shukla’s family, including his wife and son

The statement comes ahead of the solemn occasion of August 18, the day Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is believed to have died in a plane crash in 1945