Tue Apr 08 05:20:00 UTC 2025: ## Andhra Jyothi Headlines: Supreme Court Rebukes Tamil Nadu Governor, Bombing Convictions Upheld, and Deputy CM’s Son Injured

**Hyderabad, April 8, 2025** – Andhra Jyothi reports on a series of significant developments across India and internationally. The Supreme Court of India delivered a major blow to the Tamil Nadu Governor, R.N. Ravi, clarifying the powers of Governors. The court ruled that governors cannot indefinitely withhold assent to bills passed by the state assembly. Specifically, the court rejected the governor’s refusal to sign several bills passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly, including those related to the appointment of vice-chancellors in state universities. This ruling comes after the Tamil Nadu government petitioned the Supreme Court challenging the governor’s actions.

In other news, Shravan Rao appeared again before the SIT investigating a phone tapping case. Authorities questioned him extensively, focusing on the source of the tapping equipment and the recipient of the tapped data. Over 70 questions were reportedly prepared for him.

The High Court upheld death sentences for five convicts involved in the 2013 Dilsukhnagar bomb blasts, rejecting their appeals. The court affirmed the NIA court’s 2016 verdict, sentencing A2 Asadulla Akhtar, A3 Ziaur Rahman, A4 Mohammed Tahseen Akhtar Hassan, A5 Mohammed Yasin Bhatkal, and A6 Ajaz Sheikh Samar Arman to death. Key conspirator Riyaz Bhatkal remains at large. The blasts killed 18 and injured 130.

Finally, Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan’s young son, Mark Shankar, sustained injuries in a school fire in Singapore. He suffered burns to his hands and legs and is receiving treatment for smoke inhalation. The incident occurred while Pawan Kalyan was on a trip to Singapore following a visit to the Manyam region.

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