The West Bengal Assembly passed the West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti Social Activities Bill, 2026 and the Maintenance of Public Order (Amendment) Bill, 2026, expanding police powers to tackle organised crime and unrest.
Tamil Nadu has moved the Supreme Court against Governor R N Ravi’s decision to refer the Kalaignar University Bill, 2025 to the President instead of granting assent. The state calls the action “illegal, patently unconstitutional, and void-ab-initio.”
The Supreme Court will hear later today a crucial Presidential Reference on delays by Governors and the President in acting on State Bills. Kerala and Tamil Nadu oppose it as “not maintainable.”
