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AG: It is not an attack on Tamil Nadu judgment but on what can be the best view to look at Article 200...You can't say I will rewrite the constitution to make it look better.

It is not the role of Parliament to look at it? core question is, what has been done over the period of time should be reign free ...I am trying to understand how the Governor will work: there is a composite line of reasoning. Governor will see if he has to withhold assent and then examine the possibility if he has to sent to the President- once all these have to be ruled out, he will automatically give assent. The process of reasoning under Article 200.

I will take mylords to the broad concerns-

1. the court will necessarily go into the question of whether reasons are adequate- endlessly exercise, court will pick up the Vishakha judgment and say, there is a vacuum and I will lay down guidelines.

2. is there a silence in Article 200? the way it has been retained to admit of its experience, it with the period of time. Sufficient intrinsic guidelines for the Governor.

CJI: there is no difficultly when the governor sends back with a message, question is can he withhold it? According to you, Governor has the power to endlessly withhold it?

AG: nobody has done that...In my understanding, Article 200 is a legislative process.