The Kerala government has moved the Honourable Supreme Court against the President for withholding assent to four bills passed by the state assembly. In the petition, it is mentioned that the matter relates to the Governor in reserving seven bills, which required to be looked into by himself but forwarded to the President. It is further said that none of the bills had anything to do with Centre-state relations. These bills have been pending with the Governor for more than two years and action subverted the functioning of state legislatures, rendering their very existence ineffective and otiose. The bills relate to the public good and even these have been rendered ineffective by the Governor not dealing with each one of them” as soon as possible” as required by the proviso to Article 200, the plea mentioned. The SC has been informed through a petition for rulings that in February the Home Ministry informed that the President has withheld assent to four of seven bills: University Laws ( Amendment) 2 Bill 2021, the Kerala Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill 2022, University Laws ( Amendment) Bill 2022 and the University Laws ( Amendment) 3 Bill 2022. Kerala government has urged the Supreme Court to declare it unconstitutional that the President not grant assent to these bills without assigning a reason.