Article 61 of the Constitution of India

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Article 61 of the Constitution of India lays down the detailed procedure by which the President of India can be impeached for violation of the Constitution.

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Label Occurrences
Article 61 of the Constitution of India canonical 2

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the Constitution of India ⓘ
constitutional provision ⓘ
aimsTo ensure accountability of the President for violation of the Constitution ⓘ
appliesToOffice President of India ⓘ
bindingOn Lok Sabha ⓘ
President of India ⓘ
Rajya Sabha ⓘ
constitutionalBodyInvolved Parliament of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
defines procedure for impeachment of the President of India ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo Vice President of India ⓘ
effectiveFrom 26 January 1950 ⓘ
enforcedIn territory of India ⓘ
governs removal of the President of India from office ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legalEffect removal of the President from office upon successful impeachment ⓘ
legalGround violation of the Constitution ⓘ
locatedIn Chapter I of Part V of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Part V of the Constitution of India ⓘ
natureOfProvision substantive ⓘ
partOf Constitution of India ⓘ
procedureStep a resolution containing the charge or charges must be preferred by either House of Parliament ⓘ
if after investigation the House passes the resolution by the required majority, the charge is considered sustained ⓘ
if the charge is sustained by a resolution passed by both Houses, the President is removed from office ⓘ
the House in which the resolution originates investigates the charge or causes it to be investigated ⓘ
the President has the right to appear and to be represented during the investigation ⓘ
providesRightTo President of India to defend against impeachment charges ⓘ
relatedTo Article 56 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 58 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
requiresConcurrenceOf Lok Sabha ⓘ
Rajya Sabha ⓘ
requiresInitiationBy either House of Parliament ⓘ
requiresInitiationIn Lok Sabha ⓘ
Rajya Sabha ⓘ
requiresMajorityForAdoption two-thirds of the total membership of the House ⓘ
requiresNoticePeriod at least 14 days ⓘ
requiresResolutionType impeachment resolution ⓘ
requiresSupportOf not less than one-fourth of the total number of members of the House giving notice ⓘ
requiresTypeOfMajority special majority ⓘ
standardOfProof violation of the Constitution must be established ⓘ
subject impeachment of the President of India ⓘ

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Impeachment of the President of India → constitutionalArticle → Article 61 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 56 of the Constitution of India → linkedArticle → Article 61 of the Constitution of India ⓘ