Article 153 of the Constitution of India

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article of the Constitution of India constitutional provision

Article 153 of the Constitution of India is the provision that establishes the office of the Governor for each state in the Indian Union and outlines the basic framework for this constitutional position.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	article of the Constitution of India ⓘ constitutional provision ⓘ
adoptedOn	26 November 1949 ⓘ
aimsTo	ensure a constitutional head for each State ⓘ
allows	The same person to be appointed as Governor for two or more States ⓘ
appliesTo	States of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	parliamentary system at State level ⓘ
associatedWithOffice	Governor as representative of the President of India ⓘ
basisFor	existence of gubernatorial offices in Indian States ⓘ
bindingOn	all States of India ⓘ
category	Indian constitutional law ⓘ
citationForm	Article 153, Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
concerns	State executive ⓘ constitutional head of State ⓘ
constitutionalPositionCreated	Governor as nominal head of State ⓘ
containedInPart	Part VI – The States ⓘ
defines	basic constitutional framework of the office of Governor ⓘ
doesNotSpecify	method of appointment of Governor ⓘ term of office of Governor ⓘ
effectiveFrom	26 January 1950 ⓘ
establishesOfficeOf	Governor of a State ⓘ
excludes	Union territories from requirement of a Governor ⓘ
follows	Article 152 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
governs	existence of the office of Governor in each State ⓘ
governsInRelationTo	States listed in the First Schedule of the Constitution of India GENERATED ⓘ federal structure of India GENERATED ⓘ
interpretedBy	High Courts of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Court of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfText	English ⓘ Hindi NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction	Republic of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedes	Article 154 of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
providesThat	There shall be a Governor for each State ⓘ
readWith	Article 154 of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 155 of the Constitution of India ⓘ Article 156 of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 157 of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 158 of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 159 of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 160 of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 161 of the Constitution of India ⓘ Article 162 of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Part VI of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedToChapter	Chapter II – The Executive GENERATED ⓘ
sourceText	Constitution of India, Part VI, Chapter II NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	Governor of a State ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Governor of Uttar Pradesh → constitutionalArticle → Article 153 of the Constitution of India ⓘ

Governor of Karnataka → constitutionalArticlesGoverningOffice → Article 153 of the Constitution of India ⓘ