Constitution of India Article 88 : Rights of Ministers and Attorney General as respects Houses : Every Minister and the Attorney-General of India shall have the right to speak in, and otherwise to take part in the proceedings of, either House, any joint sitting of…
Constitution of India Article 87 : Special address by the President : (1) At the commencement of 1.[the first session after each general election to the House of the People and at the commencement of the first session of each year] the President shall address…
Constitution of India Article 86 : Right of President to address and send messages to Houses : (1) The President may address either House of Parliament or both Houses assembled together, and for that purpose require the attendance of members. (2) The President may send…
Constitution of India Article 85 : 1.[Sessions of Parliament, prorogation and dissolution : (1) The President shall from time to time summon each House of Parliament to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit, but six months shall not intervene between its…
Constitution of India Article 84 : Qualification for membership of Parliament : A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in Parliament unless he— 1.[(a) is a citizen of India, and makes and subscribes before some person authorised in that…
Constitution of India Article 83 : Duration of Houses of Parliament : (1) The Council of States shall not be subject to dissolution, but as nearly as possible one-third of the members thereof shall retire as soon as may be on the expiration of every…
Constitution of India Article 82 : Readjustment after each census : Upon the completion of each census, the allocation of seats in the House of the People to the States and the division of each State into territorial constituencies shall be readjusted by such authority…
Constitution of India Article 81 : Composition of the House of the People : 1.[(1) 2.[Subject to the provisions of article 331 3.[***]], the House of the People shall consist of— (a) not more than 4.[five hundred and thirty members] chosen by direct election from…
Constitution of India Article 80 : Composition of the Council of States : (1)1.[2.[***] The Council of States] shall consist of— (a) twelve members to be nominated by the President in accordance with the provisions of clause (3); and (b) not more than two hundred…
Constitution of India Chapter II : Parliament : General : Article 79 : Constitution of Parliament : There shall be a Parliament for the Union which shall consist of the President and two Houses to be known respectively as the Council of States and the…
Constitution of India Article 78 : Duties of Prime Minister as respects the furnishing of information to the President, etc : It shall be the duty of the Prime Minister— (a) to communicate to the President all decisions of the Council of Ministers relating to…
Constitution of India Conduct of Government Business : Article 77 : Conduct of business of the Government of India : (1) All executive action of the Government of India shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the President. (2) Orders and other…
Constitution of India The Attorney-General for India : Article 76 : Attorney-General for India : (1) The President shall appoint a person who is qualified to be appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court to be Attorney-General for India. (2) It shall be the duty…
Constitution of India Article 75 : Other provisions as to Ministers : (1) The Prime Minister shall be appointed by the President and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister. 1.[(1A) The total number of Ministers,…
Constitution of India Council of Ministers : Article 74 : Council of Ministers to aid and advise President : 1.[(1) There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at the head to aid and advise the President who shall, in the exercise…
Constitution of India Article 73 : Extent of executive power of the Union : (1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the executive power of the Union shall extend— (a) to the matters with respect to which Parliament has power to make laws; and…
Constitution of India Article 72 : Power of President to grant pardons, etc., and to suspend, remit or commute sentences in certain cases : (1) The President shall have the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or…
Constitution of India Article 71 : 1.[Matters relating to, or connected with, the election of a President or Vice- President : (1) All doubts and disputes arising out of or in connection with the election of a President or Vice-President shall be inquired into and…
Constitution of India Article 70 : Discharge of President’s functions in other contingencies : Parliament may make such provision as it thinks fit for the discharge of the functions of the President in any contingency not provided for in this Chapter.
Constitution of India Article 69 : Oath or affirmation by the Vice-President : Every Vice-President shall, before entering upon his office, make and subscribe before the President, or some person appointed in that behalf by him, an oath or affirmation in the following form, that…