The President of India is the most powerful person in the nation. He supervised the nation and all the departments are under the president of India. He is the representative of the nation in th world. He is the chief commander of defence forces.
President is the Nominal Executive Head of the Nation. He is the first citizen of India. The Executive powers vested in the President are to be exercised on the Council of Ministers responsible for the parliament. The 42nd Amedement to the Constitution has made it obligatory on the part of the President to accept the advice of the Council of ministers.
To be elected as the president of India, the person must be the citizen of India, must have completed 35 years of age, must be eligible to be a member of Lok Sabha and must not hold any government post. The exceptions of the government posts are the posts of President, Vice- President, Governor of any state, and any Minister of Union Government or State Government.
president is indirectly elected for a period of five years through ‘Electoral College’, consisting of elected members of both the Houses of Parliament and the elected members of the Legislative Assembly of the States. Membrs of the Legislatiubve council of the States have no right to vote in the president’s election. In his election, nominated members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and State Assemblies cannot vote. The electon is held through the system of proportinal representation by the means of the single transferable vote by secret balllot. The Candidates who gets 50% of the votes is considered elected. Supreme Court inquires allk the disputes regarding the president’s election.
President can be removed from his post by a process called impleachment., only on the ground of the violation of Constitution. The impleachment procedure can be initiated in either House of the Parliament. In the case the office falls vacant due to death, resignation or removal, the Vice- President acts as the President, if he is not available then Chief Justice, if he is not available then senior- most judge of the Supreme Court. The election is to be held within 6 months of the vacancy.
The Oath of the President is administered by the chief Justice of India or in his absence, senior most judge of the Supreme Court. There is no upper limit on the number of times a person can become President. he can give resignation to Vice- President before full-term.
Prtesident of India enjoys a wide range of powers. He has executive, legislature, financial and judicial powers.
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