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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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 Union Parliament
surface form: The 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 Legislative Assemblies
surface form: State Legislatures
enforcedBy courts of India
establishes Parliament of India
governs constitutional status of Parliament of India
interpretedBy High Courts of India
surface form: High Courts in India

Supreme Court of India
jurisdiction India
language English
Hindi
legalSystem Indian constitutional law
levelOfGovernment Union
locatedIn Part V of the Constitution of India
surface form: Chapter II of Part V of the Constitution of India

Part V of the Constitution of India
partOf Constitution of India
recognizes Rajya Sabha
surface form: Council of States as part of Parliament

House of the People as part of Parliament
President of India
surface form: President of India as part of Parliament
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 Rajya Sabha
surface form: Council of States

Parliament of India
surface form: House of the People

President of India
subjectMatter composition of Parliament
structure of Parliament
typeOfProvision structural provision
usesTerm Rajya Sabha
surface form: Council of States

Parliament of India
surface form: House of the People

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Union Government constitutionalArticleDefines Article 79 of the Constitution of India
subject surface form: Union Government of India
Article 80 of the Constitution of India relatedTo Article 79 of the Constitution of India