President Flashcards
Union executive
Article 52-78 : Part V
President, Vice-President, Prime Minister, Council of Ministers, and the Attorney
General of India.
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President of India
President election
art 54
- Done by a system of proportional representation by means of single transferrable
vote. - The elected members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha
-MLAS’s of the State legislative assemblies
and elected members of the assemblies UTs of Delhi and Pondicherry
Value vote of MLA
Total population of state
———————————— x __1___
Total number of elected MLA’s 10000
of State legislative assembly
Value of vote of MP
Total number of elected MPs of parliament
electoral quota of president
Total number of valid votes polled
————————————————– + 1
1 + (1)
Qualifications of President article
art58
1.35yrs
2.Qualified to MP of Loksabha
Oath of President is administered by
C J I
art60
Resignation letter of President is addressed to ?
VP
Impeachment of President article?
art61
it is a quasi judicial process
charges signed by 1/4 members of the house
14 day notice given to President and then
2/3rd majority of total membership of that house- sent to other house to do the same
Article 78(b)]
President has the right to be informed of the affairs of the Union
President appoints
- PM
- COM
3.Attorney general of India - governor of all states.
They all hold their office at the pleasure of president
Appoints
- CAG
- Chief Election Commissioner, and other election commissioners
- Chairman and members of the UPSC
- Water supplies commission
- A special officer for Linguistic minorities
- The members of the Finance Commission
- (also judges of High Courts and Supreme Court appointed by him after
necessary proceedings by the collegium)
Decides the question of disqualification of the members of the House in
consultation with??
the Election Commission (Anti defection is decided by the
Speaker and the Chairman)
Article 123
President Can promulgate Ordinances when Houses are not in session
president can make regulations for the good governance of
Andamans,
Dadra and Nagar Haveli,
Lakshdeep,
Daman and Diu
Absolute Veto
Can withhold assent to any bill,
( except Constitutional Amendment Bills due to 24 CAA 1971 which says president MUST give his assent)
Suspensive Veto
exercised when he returns the Bill for reconsideration of the Parliament
If passes again, President must give his assent to the Bill
Pocket Veto
Neither ratifies, nor rejects, nor returns the bill
-Keeps the bill pending for an indefinite period of time
Maximum life of an ordinance
6 months 6 weeks
Art 72
Pardoning power of President
Respite
When the President uses the pardoning power of ‘Respite’, he chooses to award a lesser sentence in place of one originally awarded to the convict. For example, due to some special fact, such as the physical disability of a convict or the pregnancy of a woman offender,
Reprieve
When the President chooses the pardoning power of ‘Reprieve’; he stays the execution of a sentence (especially that of death) for a temporary period. By doing this, he enables the convict to have time to seek pardon or commutation from him
Remit
When the President chooses the pardoning power of Remit, he acts to reduce the period of the sentence but the character of the sentence remains the same.
