VETO
POWER AND ITS TYPES - POLITY
News:
The President who used
'pocket veto' to stall legislation he didn't agree with
Veto
Power:
Features:
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A bill must be forwarded to the Indian President for approval before it can
become an act after being tabled in the Parliament and passed by the body.
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The decision to accept, reject or withhold
assent to the measure rests with the President of India.
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The choice
of the President over the bill is called his veto power.
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A veto cannot be used to take a certain
decision, it can be only used to prevent a decision.
Does
the President have a scope to reject or act in his discretion?
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The president has the authority to reject
legislation that has been approved by the legislature.
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The president of India has the discretionary powers to veto measures.
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He does not need to take the advice of the
council of ministers into consideration in order to use this power.
Absolute Veto:
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By using this veto the President can withhold the assent to the bill.
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In such cases the bill gets rejected and
it cannot become law.
Suspensive
Veto:
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The President, instead of rejecting, sends
the bill to parliament for reconsideration.
Pocket
Veto:
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Under this power, the president neither
gives assent to the bill, nor he returns it to the parliament.
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The bill remains pending for an uncertain time. Thus, the bill cannot become the
law.
Constitutional
Provision:
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Article
111
of the Indian Constitution governs the veto power of the President of India.
Under this article
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the President declares if he assents to
the Bill.
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he/she withholds assent (Absolute veto
power).
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he/she returns the Bill (except Money
Bill) to the parliament with a message for reconsideration of the Bill.
(Suspensive Veto).
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the Houses shall reconsider the returned
Bill, and if it passed the Bill again and presented to the President, then he
shall not withhold assent.