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A Brief Understanding of Article 53

The total article has been written on the core topic of Article 53. This article holds an important position in the list of articles concerning the President of India. This topic should be ignored at any cost as many come from this topic in the UPSC exam. The topic will be discussed in detail through discussion of executive power of the Union, accordance with the constitution, and transfer to the President.

The president of India can be easily regarded as the Union executive. It has been previously stated in the constitution’s article 53 that the Constitution’s executive power of the Union shall be vested within the President. Further, the power should be directly or through officers should be exercised by the president under this constitution. Hence, it can be observed from Article 53 that a president is the head of the entire Government. The executive power of the Union is extended to all the matters about which the parliament can formulate laws and each member to exercise the appropriate amount of power that can be ensured to the Indian Government by some International agreement or treaty. 

The executive power of the Union (Article 53)

The Article deals with some major areas concerning the Executive power of the Union. These have been outlined in the following section.

  • The Union’s executive power must be vested within the president and he can exercise this power directly or through different subordinate officers following the Constitution. 
  • Nothing within the article shall prevent parliament members from the conformation of law function on authorities except the president. 
  • Anything in the Article shall not be deemed to get transferred to the president with any function confirmation by any laws that are existing on any State Government or some authority.
  • Without prejudice to the normality of the ongoing provision, the Union’s Defense force’s supreme command must be vested in the president himself and hence the exercise should be regulated by the law. 

Executive power is given to the President under article 53

The Indian constitution’s Article 53 states that each Union’s Executive Power is vested upon India’s President. Hence, the President can exercise these powers vested upon him, indirectly or directly under the provision of the Indian Constitution. The president has many powers in this context. These will be outlined in the following. The President can appoint high authorities within the constitution such as Ministers within the Council, the Prime Minister, and so on. Next, the President has the right to inform all concerning each national affair. Thirdly the President is responsible for the judges within the constitutional courts. After this, the President should also appoint the Lieutenant government and Chief Commissioners of areas that are administered centrally and also administer the different union territories. Fifthly the president has the task of appointing the judges within the constitutional courts. Here constitutional courts refer to High Courts and Supreme Courts. Along with appointing the Minister council and the state governor, the president is also tasked with the removal of the State Governor, the Ministers Council, and the Attorney General when needed. 

Legislative Powers of the President

According to Article 53, the President enjoys several legislative powers. In this context, during the session of budget, the President is the first to be addressing the parliament. Next, the President also has the power to summon a joint session to break the deadlock within the process of l; legislation between the Parliament houses. The Legislative Powers of the President also indicate that the President’s sanction is mandatory concerning provisions. These provisions are related to bringing about changes within the existing state boundaries, creating new states as well as changing the name of the state. Next, the president’s consent is needed for legislative rights concerning the citizen’s fundamental rights. The consent of the President is also mandatory for the different bills that have originated within the Lok Sabha. The legislative powers of the President also allow him to nominate the members of both houses that is Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. In addition, the president also has the power of promulgating the ordinance, particularly when the parliament is out of session. Lastly, the president’s consent must be taken before the passing of any bill. Without the president’s consent, the bill can never be passed by the Parliament. Hence, the bill cannot become a law. 

Conclusion 

The whole article has been written with the main aim of highlighting all aspects of Article 53 under the Indian constitution. Article 53 particularly deals with the Executive power of the Union. The main topic has been thoroughly discussed throughout the topic through extensive discussion on the executive power of the Union and some related aspects.

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