Powers and privileges of parliament in india
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As per Article 53 of the Constitution of India, the President has the following executive powers:
1) A right to be informed of all of the nation's affairs.
2) Powers to appoint and remove high Constitutional authorities, including the prime minister and the council of ministers.
privileges of the President
The office of the President is very august and the Constitution attaches to it may privileges and immunities. He is not answerable to any court for the exercise and performance of the powers and duties o his office, or for “any act done or purporting to be done by him” in the exercise and performance of those powers and duties. The ambit of this immunity is very extensive. The second privilege is that no criminal proceedings whatsoever can be instituted against the President. Thirdly, no process for the arrest or imprisonment of the President can issue from, any court during his term of office. Fourthly, no civil proceedings in which relief is claimed against the president shall be instituted during his term of office in any court.
Privileges of Parliament:--
❒The privileges of each House can be divided into two groups :
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➣Those which are enjoyed by the members individually.
➣Those which belong to each House of Parliament, as a collective body.
❒The privileges enjoyed by the members individually are:
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➣Freedom from Arrest exempts a member from arrest during the continuance of a meeting of the House or Committee thereof of which he is a member and during a period of 40 days before and after such meeting or sitting
➣This immunity is confined to arrest in civil cases and not in criminal cases or under the law of Preventive
➣Detention A member cannot be summoned, without the leave of the House to give evidence as a witness while Parliament is in session.
➣There is Freedom of Speech within the walls of each House.
➣The limitation on freedom of speech is that no discussion can take place in Parliament with respect to the conduct of any judge of the Supreme Court or of a High Court in the discharge of his duties except upon a motion for removal of the judge {Ref.: Art. 121).
❒The privileges of the House collectively are :
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➣The right to publish debates and proceedings and to restrain publication by others.
➣The right to exclude others.
➣ The right to regulate internal affairs of the House.
➣ The right to publish Parliamentary misbehaviour.
➣The right to punish members and outsiders for breach of its privileges.