Question

The President can exercise his/her power of veto over the bills passed by the Parliament.
Which of the following are the veto powers of the President of India?

• A. Only 1, 2 and 3
• B. Only 1, 3 and 4
• C. Only 2, 3 and 4
• D. Only 1, 2 and 4

Answer 1

The correct option is D Only 1, 2 and 4

Indian president enjoys all the veto except qualified veto which is enjoyed by US President. Suspensive veto: The President exercises this veto when he returns a bill for reconsideration of the Parliament. However, if the bill is passed again by the Parliament with or without amendments and again presented to the President, it is obligatory for the President to give his assent to the bill. This means that the presidential veto is overridden by a re-passage of the bill by the same ordinary majority Absolute veto: It refers to the power of the President to withhold his assent to a bill passed by the Parliament. The bill then ends and does not become an act. Pocket veto: In this case, the President neither ratifies nor rejects nor returns the bill, but simply keeps the bill pending for an indefinite period. This power of the President not to take any action on the bill is known as the pocket veto. Qualified veto: The president can send the bill for reconsideration of the bill for the parliament. But this presidential veto can be overridden by a re-passage of the bill by a special majority or a higher majority than the one with which the bill was passed for the first time