Q. Consider the following statements:
1. If a legislative council rejects an ordinary bill passed by the state legislative assembly, then a joint sitting can be called by the Governor.
2. The Constitution has provisions to fix the actual strength of the Legislative Council of the states.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: D
Notes:
Exp) Option (d) is the correct answer.
Statement 1 is incorrect. The Constitution does not provide for the mechanism of joint sitting of both Houses of the State legislature to resolve the disagreement between the two Houses over a bill.
Statement 2 is incorrect. The maximum strength of the council is fixed at one-third of the total strength of the assembly and the minimum strength is fixed at 40. It means that the size of the council depends on the size of the assembly of the concerned state. This is done to ensure the predominance of the directly elected House (assembly) in the legislative affairs of the state. Though the Constitution has fixed the maximum and the minimum limits, the actual strength of a Council is fixed by Parliament.
