Article 85 of the Constitution of India

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Article 85 of the Constitution of India empowers the President to summon, prorogue, and dissolve the Houses of Parliament, thereby regulating the sessions and continuity of the legislature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional provision ⓘ
appliesTo Council of States (Rajya Sabha) ⓘ
linked to: Rajya Sabha

House of the People (Lok Sabha) ⓘ
linked to: House of the People
branch Union legislature ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 26 January 1950 ⓘ
category Indian constitutional law ⓘ
Parliamentary procedure in India ⓘ
citationForm Article 85, Constitution of India ⓘ
concerns executive-legislature relations at the Union level ⓘ
constitutionalPosition Chapter II – Parliament ⓘ
located in Part V of the Constitution of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo State Legislatures ⓘ
empowers President to dissolve the Lok Sabha before expiry of its term ⓘ
President to issue summons to members of each House ⓘ
President to terminate a session by prorogation ⓘ
ensures that Parliament meets at least twice a year ⓘ
governs continuity of parliamentary sessions ⓘ
continuity of the Lok Sabha ⓘ
grantsPowerTo President of India ⓘ
hasAmendmentHistory has been affected by constitutional amendments ⓘ
historicalOrigin Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
interpretedBy High Courts in India ⓘ
Supreme Court of India ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legalEffect empowers President to dissolve the House of the People ⓘ
empowers President to prorogue each House of Parliament ⓘ
empowers President to summon each House of Parliament ⓘ
locatedInLegalSystem Indian legal system ⓘ
partOf Constitution of India ⓘ
regulates intervals between sessions of Parliament ⓘ
relatedTo Article 83 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 86 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
requires that six months shall not intervene between last sitting of one session and first sitting of next session of Parliament ⓘ
scope Union Parliament only ⓘ
subject Parliament of India ⓘ
dissolution of the Lok Sabha ⓘ
prorogation of Parliament ⓘ
sessions of Parliament ⓘ
summoning of Parliament ⓘ
typeOfPower formal constitutional power of the President ⓘ
usedBy President of India on advice of Council of Ministers ⓘ
linked to: President of India

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Article 79 of the Constitution of India → relatedTo → Article 85 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 85 of the Constitution of India → citationForm → Article 85, Constitution of India ⓘ
linked to: Article 85 of the Constitution of India