The Judiciary has functioned as an institutional corrective, redefining and refining the contours of the Governor's office to prevent its misuse and uphold constitutional principles. Discuss this statement with the help of relevant case laws.

The Governor's office is provided in Article 153. It aims as centrist against the State to improve federal functioning. But the Indian has faced several challenges: Challenges: → Over centralization of power by Governor → Delay in passing bills eg: TN Governor case. → Vacation of deadlocks in state functioning eg: Kerala, Maharashtra cases. The Judiciary has pursued matters of office and upheld constitutional principles: 1) Restrictions on use of Resident Arm (Article 356): → 9JSR Bommsi case: Judicial

for uncut and incorrect use of Art 356. 2) Governor is held only on aid and advice of Council of Ministers eg: Nabam Rebia case. 3) Timelines proposed to reduce delay is passing of state bills eg: State of TN vs Governor of TN (2024) case → proposed 1 month and 3 month time limits for various cases. 4) Objective and impartial reasoning to be used by governor eg: Ramshwer Prasad case on use of Article 356. 5) Upholding of Federal structure as basic structure of constitution eg: Kishiaraman Bharti case TN. 6) Judicial Review of Governor's action eg: Shamsher Singh case → JK on arbitrary action.

However certain issues remain: 1) Impartial functioning of Governor is not observed eg: Karnataka Governor → in minority political alliance to form government before majority party. 2) Obstructional working 3) Constitutional deadlocks → eg: VC appointment issues. Way forward: - People of expected background → appoint as Governor (Sarkaria Commission) - Fixed tenure of 5+ years (bench Commission) Governor is the constitutional balance force of the Union and States and must work with constitutional morality.

— SURAMYA SHARMA · AIR 359