Question

The principles underlying the working of the parliamentary system of government is ____________.

• A. Collective Responsibility
• B. Individual Responsibility
• C. No Legal Responsibility
• D. All of these

Answer 1

The correct option is D All of these

The fundamental principle underlying the working of the parliamentary system of government is the principle of collective responsibility. Article 164 clearly states that the Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the legislative assembly of the state for all their acts of omission and commission. They work as a team and swim or sink together.
Article 164 also contains the principle of individual responsibility. It states that the ministers hold office during the pleasure of the Governor. This means that the Governor can remove a minister at a time when the Council of Ministers enjoys the confidence of the Legislative Assembly.
No Legal Responsibility is one more underlying principle of the parliamentary system. It states that there is no provision in the Constitution for the system of legal responsibility of the minister in the center and states. It is not required that an order of the Governor for a public action should be countersigned by a minister. Moreover, the courts are barred from inquiring into the nature of advice rendered by the ministers to the governor.