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Governor and his/her Appointment
Important Constitutional Provisions:
Important Powers/ Functions of the Governor
Executive
Legislative:
Judicial: Grant of pardon and appointment of judges in high court
Financial: Recommending introduction of money bills, advancing out contingency fund, constituting finance commission in state
Discretionary:
Constitutional Assembly Debates
Government of India Act, 1935: Abolished diarchy and introduced provincial autonomy. However, in order to ensure that the powers remained with British, the Act retained the post of Governor and provided him with “special responsibilities”. This was basically allowing him to intervene at will.
Key debates in the Constitutional Assembly centred on appointment and powers of the Governor
Appointment:
Powers:
It was finally assured that the post of Governor will remain constitutional post and would not undermine the essence of federalism
Should the office of Governor be abolished?
Arguments for:
Examples:
Arguments against
Important Supreme Court Judgements:
Relevance in current political scenario in Karnataka: The court asserted that the only relevant forum to test the majority of the government of the day is on the floor of the house. The opinion of the Governor does not matter.
Rameshwar Prasad Case, 2006: Supreme Court was called upon to pronounce its verdict on the validity of the proclamation of President’s Rule and the dissolution of the Assembly in Bihar in 2005. The SC held that the Governor could not decide based on his subjective assessments
Nabam rebia case- Arunachal Pradesh, 2016:
Recent Karnataka case, 2018: SC observed that Governor’s discretion cannot be arbitrary or fanciful
Major Committees / Commissions and Recommendations
Administrative Reforms Commission (1968)
On power- Proclamation of Emergency
Sarkaria Commission Report (1988)
Venkatachaliah Commission (2002)
On Appointment:
On removal
Punchhi Commission (2010)
Way forward
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