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India Government
Headquartered in New Delhi, India's government contains three branches: executive, legislative and judiciary. Also known as the Union government, it governs all 28 states and seven territories of India. Ask questions here about its organization, history and office holders here.
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No of judges in supreme court of India?
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there are total 26 judges in supreme court. One is honourable Chief Justice of India and 25 other senior judges. :)
The Golaknath case is officially known as Golaknath vs State Of Punjab. The Golaknath case took place in 1967 Indian in the Supreme Court. The Court ruled that Parliament could not decrease any of the Fundamental Rights in the Constitution.
Who is the present minister of law and order?
Salman Khurshid, Cabinet Minister of the Ministry of Law and Justice of India, as of May 28, 2011.
Which High Court declared first that 'Bandha' are unconstitutional?
Kerala High Court in 1997 declared that bandhs are unconstitutional.
Who settles disputes arising out of the election of the President of India?
The Supreme Court of India
What is the basic difference between schedule castes and schedule tribes?
Schedule Castes are those who have surrendered to the authority of the Hinduism. And Schedule Tribes are those who have not submiited themselves to the authority of the Hinduism and instead they preffered staying away from the Hindus rather than surrendering their freedom and liberty.
Did Mohandas Gandhi have children?
Yeh he had four children called Harilal, Manilal, Ramdas and Devdas
What was the responsibility of NASA?
.The responsibility was training engineers and technicians who had admitted to NASA to the highest level of performance ,so that they can invent , explore the orbit , manage , and do programming regarding space exploration.Thanks
What is the differnce between lok sabha and rajya sabha?
Vidhan sabha- state assembly =MLA
Lok sabha- Parliament.=MP
Rajy sabha-members elected from vidhan sabha=MP
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Which two elections were won by the smallest margin?
Using the Electoral Vote alone the tie of 73 to 73 votes between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr takes the prize. In 1876 the vote 185 to 184 with Hayes over Tilden. Tilden won the popular vote in that contest. The Kennedy vs Nixon popular vote was only a one tenth of one percent spread, but the Electoral Vote was solid for JFK.
Powers and functions of supreme court of India?
FUNCTIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT
1. 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 ground of proved misbehavior or incapacity. A person who has been a Judge of the Supreme Court is debarred from practicing in any court of law or before any other authority in India.
2. The Supreme Court in India is the ultimate interpreter of the constitution and the laws of the land. It has appellate jurisdiction over all civil and criminal proceedings involving substantial issues concerning the interpretation of the constitution.
3. The court has the original and exclusive jurisdiction to resolve disputes between the central government and one or more states and union territories as well as between different states and union territories
4. And the Supreme Court is also empowered to issue advisory rulings on issues referred to it by the president. The Supreme Court has wide discretionary powers to hear special appeals on any matter from any court except those of the armed services. It also functions as a court of record and supervises every high court.
Why have there been so few amendments made to the Constitution?
Apparently, the process for amending the Constitution is deliberately tedious so that only the most important national issues will make it through, and the government will not be weakened by abrupt change and too much rule of the people. As a result, there have been few amendments in US history, and only one of them was repealed.
What is the process of impeachment of a supreme court judge in India?
impeachment of judges can only be done on grounds of 'proven misbehavior' and 'incapacity'. if a judge of SC is to be impeached, recommendation must be made by the chief justice of India to the President. if it is accepted then a proposal for impeachment must be introduced by atleast 100 MPs in Lok sabha or 50 MPs in Rajya sabha. the concerned judge is to be given a copy of the proposal before the discussion takes place in the Parliament. the motion should be passed by a majority of two-thirds of the members present and voting ,seperately in each house. if the motion is passed, the formal announcement of removal is made by the president.
When supreme court gives advice to president?
Only if the matter relates to the violation of fundamental rights of the citizens
Where is the supreme court of India located?
The apex or highest court of India is the Supreme Court of India. It is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal under the Constitution of India.
The Supreme Court of India consists of the Chief Justice of India and 30 other judges. As of September 28, 2014, the Chief Justice of India is Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu.
What is the percentage of voter who has actually cast their votes?
to win an election is it necessary for a person to secure more than half the votes polled
