Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

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Legislative body State legislative council Upper house

The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, responsible for reviewing and revising legislation passed by the lower house.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council canonical	13
Legislative Council of Uttar Pradesh	1
Legislative Council of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh	1
Vidhan Parishad	1
उत्तर प्रदेश विधान परिषद	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Legislative body ⓘ State legislative council ⓘ Upper house ⓘ
bodyType	Permanent house ⓘ
category	State upper houses in India ⓘ
chamberName	Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vidhan Parishad
constitutionalArticle	Article 169 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of India ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
deputyPresidingOfficerTitle	Deputy Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council ⓘ
dissolution	Cannot be dissolved ⓘ
electionType	Indirect election ⓘ
function	Deliberation on state legislation ⓘ Providing checks and balances on the lower house ⓘ Representation of local bodies, teachers, and graduates ⓘ
governingBodyOf	Legislative matters of Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
hasLowerHouse	Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly ⓘ
houseType	Upper house of bicameral legislature ⓘ
jurisdiction	Uttar Pradesh ⓘ surface form: State of Uttar Pradesh
languageUsed	English ⓘ Hindi ⓘ
legislativeFunction	Scrutiny of bills passed by the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly ⓘ
legislatureType	Bicameral (upper chamber) ⓘ
limitation	Cannot permanently block money bills ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Indian Standard Time ⓘ
meetingPlace	Vidhan Bhavan, Lucknow ⓘ
memberSelectionMethod	Indirectly elected ⓘ Nominated ⓘ
nativeName	Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: उत्तर प्रदेश विधान परिषद
oversightFunction	Committee scrutiny of government policies ⓘ Questioning the state government ⓘ
partOf	Uttar Pradesh Legislature ⓘ
power	Can delay ordinary bills passed by the Legislative Assembly ⓘ Can suggest amendments to bills ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle	Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council ⓘ
relatedInstitution	Governor of Uttar Pradesh ⓘ Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly ⓘ
retirementPattern	One-third of members retire every two years ⓘ
role	Reviewing legislation ⓘ Revising legislation ⓘ
seatOfGovernment	Lucknow ⓘ
state	Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
termLength	6 years ⓘ
typeOfMembers	Elected by graduates ⓘ Elected by local authorities ⓘ Elected by members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly ⓘ Elected by teachers ⓘ Nominated by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh ⓘ

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Subject: Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Description of subject: The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, responsible for reviewing and revising legislation passed by the lower house.

Referenced by (17)

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

Uttar Pradesh → hasLegislature → Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council ⓘ

United Provinces of Agra and Oudh → legislature → Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative Council of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh

Legislative Council of the United Provinces → replacedBy → Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative Council of Uttar Pradesh

Legislative Council of the United Provinces → successor → Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council ⓘ

Government of Uttar Pradesh → legislature → Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council ⓘ

Government of Uttar Pradesh → includesBody → Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council ⓘ

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly → hasUpperHouse → Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council ⓘ

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council → chamberName → Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vidhan Parishad

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council → nativeName → Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: उत्तर प्रदेश विधान परिषद

Samajwadi Party → representedIn → Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council ⓘ

Provincial Legislature of the United Provinces → successor → Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council ⓘ

Vidhan Bhavan, Lucknow → houses → Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council ⓘ

Joint session of Uttar Pradesh Legislature → legislativeBody → Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council ⓘ

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh → associatedWithUpperHouse → Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council ⓘ

Uttar Pradesh Legislature → hasComponent → Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council ⓘ

Uttar Pradesh Legislature → hasHouse → Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council ⓘ

Uttar Pradesh Legislature → upperHouse → Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council ⓘ