Question

Answer the following:

State two executive and two judicial powers of the President.Under what circumstances can the President proclaim a state of emergency?

Answer 1

Two Executive powers of the President are:

1. He appoints the Prime Minister and Union Minister.
2. He appoints state Governors, the Judges of the Supreme Court and High Court, the Comptroller and Auditor-General, the Attorney General and members of the Union Public service Commission.

Two Judicial powers of the President are:

1. He can pardon, remit or suspend a sentence of punishment given by a court martial or death sentence passed by the court.
2. He is not answerable to any law court for the exercise of his powers, except in case of impeachment in Parliament.

The President can declare emergency if:

1. Security of India is threatened.
2. There is a break down of the constitutional machinery in a state.
3. The financial stability of the country is threatened.