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Parliament & State Legislatures
GS-II: Constitution, Governance, Social Justice & IR
Useful for: UPSC Civil Services
Overview
Legislatures make laws, approve budgets and hold governments accountable; their effectiveness depends on deliberation, committees and anti-defection rules.
Key points
- Six states have Legislative Councils (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh); Article 169 governs their creation or abolition.
- Parliamentary privileges are under Articles 105 (Parliament) and 194 (state legislatures).
- The Tenth Schedule (52nd Amendment, 1985) tackles defection; the 91st Amendment (2003) removed the "split" exception.
- Kihoto Hollohan (1992) made Speakers’ disqualification decisions subject to judicial review.
- Concerns: fewer sitting days, bills passed without committee scrutiny, frequent ordinances.
- Committees enable detailed scrutiny beyond floor debate.
Practice MCQs
From the perspective of definition and scope, which one of the following statements about Parliament & State Legislatures is correct?
- The only function of a legislature is to pass bills introduced by the executive.
- Parliament & State Legislatures is unrelated to institutions, processes or real-world applications.
- Parliament & State Legislatures has no exceptions or limitations in exam analysis.
- Legislatures perform law-making, representation, financial control and executive accountability.
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Answer: (d) Legislatures perform law-making, representation, financial control and executive accountability.. Legislatures perform law-making, representation, financial control and executive accountability.
Consider the following statements on Parliament & State Legislatures, focusing on definition and scope: 1. The only function of a legislature is to pass bills introduced by the executive. 2. Legislatures perform law-making, representation, financial control and executive accountability. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (b) 2 only. Statement 2 is correct; Statement 1 is a common misconception.
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