31: Bicameral States in India
Bicameral States in India: Following are the 6 States which are Bicameral with their number of Legislative Council Members: -Bihar - 75 -J & K - 36 -Karnataka - 75 -Maharashtra - 78 -Uttar Pradesh - 104 -Andhra Pradesh - 90 Legislative Council can be created or abolished on the recommendation of Legislative Assembly....
32: Attorney General of India
Attorney General of India: -The Attorney General of India is the Indian government's chief legal advisor, and its primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of India. -He is appointed by the President of India under Article 76(1) of the Constitution and holds office during the pleasure of the President. -He must be a person qualified to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court. -He also...
33: Supreme Court
Supreme Court: -The Supreme Court of India was constituted under article 124 of the Constitution. -The Supreme Court of India comprises the Chief Justice and 30 other Judges appointed by the President of India. -The original Constitution of 1950 envisaged a Supreme Court with a Chief Justice and 7 puisne Judges - leaving it to Parliament to increase this number. -Supreme Court Judge...
34: Removal of Supreme Court Judges
Removal of Supreme Court Judges: -A Judge of the Supreme Court cannot be removed from office except by an order of the President passed after an address in each House of Parliament supported by a majority of the total membership of that House and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of members present and voting, and presented to the President in the same Session for such removal on the gr...
35: Qualification for apointment of Supreme Court Judges
Qualification of Supreme Court Judges: -He must be a citizen of India. -He must have been, for atleast five years, a Judge of a High Court or of two or more such Courts in succession, -Or an Advocate of a High Court or of two or more such Courts in succession for at least 10 years -Or he must be, in the opinion of the President, a distinguished jurist. -Provisions exist for the a...