India, Aug. 29 -- The Union government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that state governments have no right to approach the top court alleging breach of fundamental or legal rights over delays or withholding of assent to bills by the President or governors, even as the Constitution bench asked whether it could ignore the intent of the framers who deliberately used the words "as soon as possible" in the Constitution to ensure timely action on bills passed by state legislatures.

Appearing before a five-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India Bhushan R Gavai, solicitor general (SG) Tushar Mehta submitted that neither the states nor the Centre can approach the top court under Article 32, since fundamental rights are conferred only on ci...