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Adv Avani Bansal: I will restrict to timelines, I will make only three arguments. one annexure which I have put-it is a table where we have said that there are actually four categories of timelines running through the Constitution. It is something like an undercurrent-

1. first where no timeline is provided-Article 161, the court has read reasonableness. Para sixth of 10 Schedule.

2. where specific timelines are mentioned- 123(2), 213(2)- six weeks

3. there is third category as soon as may be- 17 times referred

4. then as soon as possible

There is a paragraph which shows the difference between 'as soon as may be' and 'as soon as possible- Ramkrishnan Arora- it is not by chance that as soon as may be is used 17 times and as soon as possible is 7 times. All these terms and categories can't be through into a reasonableness period.

Mylords have historic opportunity to laydown as soon as possible as a meta principle of higher threshold. It can be said that while reasonableness is the underlying principle, it is more than that.