82.Consider the following statements:
- The Legislative Council of a State in India can be larger in size than half of the Legislative
Assembly of that particular State. - The Governor of a State nominates the Chairman of Legislative Council of that particular State.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
The correct answer is Neither 1 nor 2.
- Legislative Council:
- As stated in Article 171 of the Constitution, no more than one-third of the State Legislative Assembly’s members may serve on the State Legislative Council.
- However, the size of the legislative council cannot be less than 40 members. Hence statement 1 is incorrect.
- The Legislative Council (MLC) is a permanent body that cannot be dissolved, and each member has a six-year term with one-third of the council retiring every two years.
- A Member of the Legislative Council’s (MLC) term is six years, and every two years, one-third of the members leave office.
- The Chairman of the Legislative Council is elected by the members from amongst themselves. Hence statement 2 is incorrect.
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