Under which Article of the Indian Constitution, the Governor has the power to…
20172021
Under which Article of the Indian Constitution, the Governor has the power to reserve a Bill for the President’s assent?
- A.
Article 52
- B.
Article 108
- C.
Article 200
- D.
Article 213
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Correct answer: C
Article 200 of the Constitution governs what a Governor does with a Bill passed by the State Legislature. Once a Bill reaches the Governor, three courses are open: give assent, withhold assent, or reserve the Bill for the consideration of the President. Reservation for the President is thus one of the constitutionally enumerated responses to a passed Bill, not a separate discretionary act outside this Article.
The question asks which Article empowers exactly this action — reserving a Bill for the President's assent. That provision is Article 200, since it is the Article that lays out the Governor's options on a Bill passed by the State Legislature, reservation for the President being one of those options.
Checking the other Articles offered confirms none of them fits:
Article 52 only establishes that there shall be a President of India; it says nothing about a Governor's handling of a State Bill.
Article 108 provides for a joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament to resolve a deadlock over a Bill — a Union Parliament mechanism, unrelated to a State Governor's action.
Article 213 empowers the Governor to promulgate ordinances only when the State Legislature is not in session — a distinct power from responding to a Bill the Legislature has already passed.
Article 200 is therefore the correct answer.