AAP MLA Adarsh Shastri seeks amendment in Article 155 of the Constitution seeking powers for Delhi Assembly to impeach the LG

Powers of Governor

(1) Executive Power - Accroding to Article 154 the executive power of State is vested in the Governor and is to be exercised by him/her directly or through officers subordinate to his/her. Article 162 defines the extent of the executive power which exetands to matters with respect to which the legislature of the State has power to make law. All executive action of the Government of a State shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the Governor. Orders and instruments, made and executed in the name of the Governor, shall be authenticated in the manner specified in the rules made by the Governor. The Indian Constitution envisages a parliamentary and reponsible form of Government at the Centre and in the State and not a Presidential form of Government. The powers of the governor and the constitutional head are not different than that of the President at the Centre.

(2) Financial Power - A money bill cannot be intrduced in the Legislative Assembly of the State without the recommendation of the Governor. No demand of grants can be made except on the recommendation of the Governor [Article 203 (3)]. The Governor is required to cause to be laid before the House or Houses of the Legislature the 'annual financial statements', known as Budjet.

(3) Legislative Power - The Governor summons the Houses or each House of the Legislature of the State to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit. However, six months must not lapse between the last sitting in one session and the first in next session. He may prorogue the Houses of either House and dissolve the Legislative Assembly [Article 174 (1) and (2)]. He/she has right to address the State Legislatre. No Bill can become law without the assent of the President. He has right to reserve certain bills for the assent of the President (Article 200). He/she nominates 1/6 of thethe members of the Legislative Council (Article 171). The most important Legislative Power of the Governor is his Ordinance-making power. His/her this power is similar to that of the President. However, the Governor cannot issue an Ordenance without previous instructions from the President.

(4) Pardoning Power - Article 161 says that the Governor shall have the powers to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence against any law relating to matters to which executive power of the State extends. The executive power of the State extends to matters which respect to which the Legislature of the State has power to make laws (Article 162).

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