Union Executive - Short Trick

The Prince shuffles fifty-two cards.

Office of the President=Art 52 — there shall be a President of India · Art 53 — the Union’s executive power is vested in the President

Elections held at fifty-four booths

Electoral college=Art 54 — elected MPs + elected MLAs of the States, Delhi and Puducherry · Art 55 — manner: single transferable vote (STV), secret ballot

Terry wears jersey number fifty-six.

Term of office=Art 56 — five years from entering office; stays until the successor takes charge · Art 57 — re-election any number of times

A quiz with fifty-eight questions

Qualifications=Art 58 — citizen of India, at least 35, qualified for the Lok Sabha, no office of profit · Art 59 — conditions of office

Oats for sixty horses

Oath=Art 60 — given by the Chief Justice of India; if absent, the senior-most available Supreme Court judge

Impossible to score sixty-one in one over

Impeachment=Art 61 — only ground: violation of the Constitution · 14 days’ notice signed by ¼ of the House · ⅔ of total membership in each House

A vacation of sixty-two days

Vacancy=Art 62 — election within six months; the new President gets a full five years

The vice-captain wears sixty-three.

Office of the Vice-President=Art 63 · 66 — election · 67 — resignation and removal · 69 — oath

Chairs for sixty-four guests

Chairman of the Rajya Sabha=Art 64 — the Vice-President is ex officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha

An acting class for sixty-five kids

Acting President=Art 65 — the Vice-President acts as President in a vacancy (six months at most), and when the President is absent or ill

A dispute over seat seventy-one

Disputes over the election of President / Vice-President=Art 71 — decided by the Supreme Court alone · petition by a candidate or 20 electors (10 for the Vice-President)

He said pardon seventy-two times.

Pardoning power=Art 72 — the President · the Governor’s pardoning power is Art 161

Aid for seventy-four villages

Aid and advice of the Council of Ministers=Art 74 — advice made binding (42nd Amendment, 1976) · may be returned once (44th, 1978) · 74(2) — no court may inquire into it

Apples for seventy-five ministers

Appointment of the PM and ministers=Art 75 — President appoints the PM, others on the PM’s advice · 75(3) — collective responsibility to the Lok Sabha · 75(5) — a non-member has six months

A bag of atta for seventy-six rupees

Attorney General=Art 76 — appointed by the President; qualified to be a Supreme Court judge; holds office during the President’s pleasure

Information board with seventy-eight notices

Informing the President (PM’s duty)=Art 78 — the PM conveys the Council’s decisions to the President · Art 77 — conduct of government business, in the President’s name

Ordering food is as easy as one two three.

Ordinance=Art 123 — only when Parliament is not fully in session · lapses six weeks after Parliament reassembles · at most about 6 months + 6 weeks · cannot amend the Constitution

The adviser answered one hundred forty-three letters.

Advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court=Art 143(1) — any question of public importance; the Court may decline · 143(2) — pre-Constitution treaties; the Court must answer · the opinion never binds the President