Article 79 of the Constitution of India

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Article 79 of the Constitution of India is the provision that establishes the structure of the Indian Parliament as consisting of the President and two Houses, the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and the House of the People (Lok Sabha).

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Article 79 of the Constitution of India canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the Constitution of India ⓘ
constitutional provision ⓘ
adoptedOn 26 November 1949 ⓘ
appliesTo Union Parliament ⓘ
bindingOn Union of India ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 26 January 1950 ⓘ
chapterHeading The Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Union Parliament
citedAs Article 79 ⓘ
citedIn Indian constitutional law textbooks ⓘ
constitutionalHierarchy subordinate to the basic structure of the Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalPrinciple bicameral legislature at the Union level ⓘ
correspondsTo Lok Sabha ⓘ
Rajya Sabha ⓘ
country India ⓘ
definesStructureOf Parliament of India ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo State Legislatures ⓘ
enforcedBy courts of India ⓘ
establishes Parliament of India ⓘ
governs constitutional status of Parliament of India ⓘ
interpretedBy High Courts in India ⓘ
Supreme Court of India ⓘ
jurisdiction India ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legalSystem Indian constitutional law ⓘ
levelOfGovernment Union ⓘ
locatedIn Chapter II of Part V of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Part V of the Constitution of India ⓘ
partOf Constitution of India ⓘ
recognizes Council of States as part of Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Rajya Sabha

House of the People as part of Parliament ⓘ
President of India as part of Parliament ⓘ
linked to: President of India
refersToCouncilOfStatesAs Rajya Sabha ⓘ
refersToHouseOfThePeopleAs Lok Sabha ⓘ
relatedTo Article 74 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 80 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 81 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 85 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
relevantFor legislative process at the Union level ⓘ
statesThatParliamentConsistsOf Council of States ⓘ
linked to: Rajya Sabha

House of the People ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of India

President of India ⓘ
subjectMatter composition of Parliament ⓘ
structure of Parliament ⓘ
typeOfProvision structural provision ⓘ
usesTerm Council of States ⓘ
linked to: Rajya Sabha

House of the People ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of India

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Union Government of India → constitutionalArticleDefines → Article 79 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
subject linked to: Union Government
Article 80 of the Constitution of India → relatedTo → Article 79 of the Constitution of India ⓘ