Brief Note about Article 56

One of the vital jobs of the President of India is to fulfil all the constitutional requirements. The constitutional needs like to take care if the laws are executed over the civilians faithfully and there are no violations of the constitution. Maintaining these norms is included within the term of office of the President. The role of the President of India is not only to shape the policies but also to ensure that the constitution and all the existing laws are upheld. The laws that are created are mainly enforced and executed by the President of India without violation of the constitution. 

Term of office of President

Determining the term of office of the President of India and the uniformity in the scale of representation is maintained by the members who are elected by the legislative assembly. The President of India is elected under the norms of Article no. 55 of the Indian Constitution. For a term of five consecutive years, the President can hold office from the date of his or her entry into the office. The president can continue to hold his or her office until and unless he is violating any law or his or her successors enters his office. The president of India is elected by an Electoral College, indirectly which includes several important members like members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, the members elected by the legislative assembly of all Indian States. This has been mentioned in Article no. 324 of the Indian Constitution, that if the President is caught in any case of violation of the constitution laws, then the person will have to resign from the post. 

Violation of the Constitution

The President of India has the power to fill ambiguities or gaps in the laws that have been passed by the Indian Government. The President does not have the right to violate or ignore the norms and guidelines of the written laws.

• In the case of a law violation of the constitution, the removal and impeachment of the President from his office can be done by the government. According to Article 2, section 4, if the civil officers, vice-president, and the president of India are caught violating laws such as conviction of bribery, treason, or other higher crimes or misdemeanours then he or she can be removed from the position. 
• The supreme court of India has stated that executive orders which are given by the President of India must be supported by the Indian Constitution. Even if those executive orders are not supported by the opposition parties the constitution has to support those orders if they are not going against the written laws. 
• Apart from all these, the President also have some limitations like he or she cannot declare war and interpret laws, and decide how to spend the federal money. 

Successor enters his office

When the successors enter his office, the President of India is asked to leave the post and this mainly occurs after 5 years of continuous rule. The president is elected by the members of parliamentary houses, members elected by the legislative assemblies of 28 states of India. In the context of the term of office of the President, in this modern era as per the result of the 42nd amendment, which has also been extended by the 84th amendment the states of India are not penalised for lowering population development and growth and the votes count is determined based on that. In the year 1971, the value of the votes was mainly based on the population of India. President is elected utilizing voting or a single transferable vote at such election should be done by “secret ballots”. 

Conclusion

The term of office of the President is held for five consecutive years based on the faithfulness and dedication of the President to his or her work. Article 52 states that the president of India is mainly responsible for the enforcement and execution of law that has been created by the Indian constitution. There are 15 executive departments and each of them is led by the cabinet of the President and which is responsible for carrying out the daily administration of the “Federal Government”.