The Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed a time schedule for hearing the Presidential Reference raising constitutional issues on whether timelines could be imposed for dealing with bills passed by the assembly, and proposed to start the hearing from August 19, reported news agency PTI.

A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice BR Gavai asked the Centre and states to file their written submissions by August 12.

Asking the parties to adhere strictly to the timeline, the bench also comprising Justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, P S Narasimha and A S Chandurkar said that it will be the first hearing of preliminary objections filed by states like Kerala and Tamil Nadu questioning the maintainability of the Presidential Reference on August 19 for one hour, reported PTI.