GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following Constitutional Amendment Acts has made the decisions of the Council of Ministers binding on the President of “India”?
A
42nd and 44th Amendment Act
B
43rd Amendment Act
C
40th Amendment Act
D
40th and 41st Amendments
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -THE CONSTITUTION (FORTY-SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 1976.

Detailed explanation-2: -However, there was a slight ambiguity whether the advice of the Council of Ministers is binding on the President. The 42nd Amendment (1976) made it explicit that the President shall, “act in accordance with such advice". The amendment went into effect from 3 January 1977.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Forty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, was enacted by the Janata Party which had won the 1977 general elections campaigning on a promise to “restore the Constitution to the condition it was in before the Emergency".

Detailed explanation-4: -Detailed Solution. All the options given are true. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was the president of India1974-1977) when the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act was enacted. The 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act was enacted in 1976 during Emergency Rule by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

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