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The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to consider providing a one-time package to the Kerala government by March 31 to deal with financial issues facing the state...
The Kerala government, represented by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, mentioned its pending lawsuit against the central government for urgent hearing before a bench comprising justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan, saying that the Union was not releasing necessary funds...
Agreeing to list the plea of the state government for hearing on Wednesday, the bench said the Centre can be "slightly liberal and give a one-time package as a special case" to Kerala...
The apex court had made the observation while it was hearing a suit filed by the Kerala government accusing the Union of India of interfering in the exercise of its "exclusive, autonomous and plenary powers" to regulate the state's finances by imposing a ceiling on borrowing...
In an original suit filed under Article 131, the Kerala government has said the Constitution bestows fiscal autonomy upon states to regulate their finances under various articles, and the borrowing limits are regulated by a state legislation...
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