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In India, a governor is the constitutional head of a state in India that has similar powers and functions at the state level as those of the president of India at the central level. A governor acts as the constitutional head and takes all their decisions based on the advice of chief minister and their council of ministers.
1. The President or the Governor is not answerable to any court for the exercise of the powers and duties of his office. 2. No criminal proceedings shall be conducted against the President or the Governor during his term of office. 3. No arrest or imprisonment shall be made against the President or Governor during his term of office. 4.
The Governor of each State is given the executive power of the respective State by the Constitution. [100] These Governors are appointed directly by the President of the central government. Because the Prime Minister acts via the President, the Prime Minister is the one who chooses the Governors in practice. [101]
The order of precedence of the Republic of India is a list in which the functionaries, dignitaries and officials are listed for ceremonial purposes and has no legal standing and does not reflect the Indian presidential line of succession or the co-equal status of the separation of powers under the Constitution of India.
Governors of states need not be residents of the state. Right to create, modify or dissolve provinces is solely vested in the hands of the Governor-General of India: Right to create, modify or dissolve states is solely vested in the hands of the Parliament of India. Powers are divided into Federal, Concurrent and Provincial lists
Power is divided between the Union government (federal government) and the state governments. The federal government appoints a Governor for each state, who serves as the ceremonial head of state, and a Lieutenant Governor (or Administrator) for certain union territories, whose powers vary depending on the specific union territory.
The Uttar Pradesh Legislature is the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.It composed of the governor and both the houses of state legislature. The governor in his/her role as head of the legislature and has full powers to summon and prorogue either house of legislature or to dissolve the Vidhan Sabha.
Articles 245–255 on Distribution of Legislative Powers. The Constitution provides for a three-fold distribution of legislative subjects between the Union and the states, viz., List-I (the Union List), List-II (the State List) and List-III (the Concurrent List) in the Seventh Schedule: (i) The Parliament has exclusive powers to make laws with respect to any of the matters enumerated in the ...