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The President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma this week declined the assent of two ordinances by the government on that their promulgations at this juncture may not pass the test of constitutional propriety. The President's decision came three days after the draft ordinances were submitted by the government. Earlier, the government had sought to bring the constitutional amendments in the form of a legislation on the last day of the recently concluded Parliament session. The Supreme Court this week rejected the Bihar government's plea challenging the Patna High Court's order of a CBI probe into a multi-million rupee Bihar fodder scam. A three-judge bench of the apex court said in view of the admitted position of large-scale misappropriation and fraudulent transaction committed. This footage is par