Article 180 of the Constitution of India – “Power of the Deputy Speaker or other person to perform the duties of the office of, or to act as, Speaker” (1) While the office of Speaker is vacant, the duties of…
Article 179 of the Constitution of India – “Vacation and resignation of, and removal from, the offices of Speaker and Deputy Speaker” A member holding office as Speaker or Deputy Speaker of an Assembly— (a) shall vacate his office if…
Article 178 of the Constitution of India – “The Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly” Every Legislative Assembly of a State shall, as soon as may be, choose two members of the Assembly to be respectively Speaker and…
Article 176 of the Constitution of India – “Special address by the Governor” (1) At the commencement of 1[the first session after each general election to the Legislative Assembly and at the commencement of the first session of each year],…
Article 175 of the Constitution of India – “Right of Governor to address and send messages to the House or Houses” (1) The Governor may address the Legislative Assembly or, in the case of a State having a Legislative Council,…
1[Article 174 of the Constitution of India – “Sessions of the State Legislature, prorogation and dissolution” (1) The Governor shall from time to time summon the House or each House of the Legislature of the State to meet at such…
Article 173 of the Constitution of India – “Qualification for membership of the State Legislature” A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislature of a State unless he— 1[(a) is a citizen…
Article 172 of the Constitution of India – “Duration of State Legislatures” (1) Every Legislative Assembly of every State, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue for 1[five years] from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer, and the…
Article 171 of the Constitution of India – “Composition of the Legislative Councils” (1) The total number of members in the Legislative Council of a State having such a Council shall not exceed 1[one-third] of the total number of members…
1[Article 170 of the Constitution of India – “Composition of the Legislative Assemblies” (1) Subject to the provisions of article 333, the Legislative Assembly of each State shall consist of not more than five hundred, and not less than sixty,…