Article 168 of the Constitution of India

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Article 168 of the Constitution of India is the constitutional provision that defines the composition and existence of state legislatures, including the structure of their legislative assemblies and, where applicable, legislative councils.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional provision ⓘ
appliesTo State legislatures ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 26 January 1950 ⓘ
citedAs Article 168, Constitution of India ⓘ
constitutionalCategory provisions relating to State governments ⓘ
defines composition of State legislatures ⓘ
constitution of State legislatures ⓘ
definesRoleOf Governor as part of the State Legislature ⓘ
governsStructureOf bicameral State legislatures ⓘ
unicameral State legislatures ⓘ
hasTitle Constitution of Legislatures in States ⓘ
jurisdiction States of India ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedInChapter Chapter III of Part VI of the Constitution of India ⓘ
locatedInPart Part VI of the Constitution of India ⓘ
mentionsOffice Governor of the State ⓘ
originallyAdoptedBy Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
partOf Constitution of India ⓘ
providesFor Legislative Assembly of a State ⓘ
Legislative Council of a State ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Council
relatedTo Article 169 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 170 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 171 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
relevantFor State Legislative Assemblies ⓘ
State Legislative Councils ⓘ
specifies that a State Legislature may be unicameral or bicameral ⓘ
that every State Legislature shall consist of one House or two Houses ⓘ
that every State Legislature shall consist of the Governor ⓘ
that every State shall have a Legislature ⓘ
that where there are two Houses they shall be known as the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
subjectMatter State legislatures ⓘ

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West Bengal Legislative Assembly → establishedUnder → Article 168 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Bihar Legislative Assembly → constitutionalArticle → Article 168 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Sikkim Legislative Assembly → governedByArticle → Article 168 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 171 → relatedTo → Article 168 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 168 of the Constitution of India → citedAs → Article 168, Constitution of India ⓘ
linked to: Article 168 of the Constitution of India
Meghalaya Legislative Assembly → articleUnderConstitution → Article 168 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Legislative Assembly (India) → relatedArticle → Article 168 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
subject linked to: Legislative Assembly
Legislative Council (India) → constitutionalBasis → Article 168 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
subject linked to: Legislative Council