Q. Consider the following statements:
1. Union territory is administered by the President acting through an administrator appointed by him.
2. President can make laws on any subject of the Seventh Schedule including the State List for all the union territories.
3. The authority to put Union Territory under the jurisdiction of the High Court of adjacent state is vested in the Parliament of India.
How many of the above given statements are correct?
Exp) Option b is the correct answer.
The Union Territories are also known as ‘centrally administered territories. Articles 239 to 241 in Part VIII of the Constitution deal with the union territories.
Statement 1 is correct: Every union territory is administered by the President acting through an administrator appointed by him. An administrator of a union territory is an agent of the President and not head of state like a governor.
Statement 2 is incorrect: The Parliament (not President) can make laws on any subject of the three lists of Seventh Schedule (including the State List) for the union territories. This power of Parliament also extends to Puducherry and Delhi, which have their own local legislatures.
Statement 3 is correct: The Parliament can establish a High Court for a union territory or put it under the jurisdiction of the High Court of an adjacent state.
| Important Tips Delhi is the only union territory that has a High Court of its own (since 1966). • The Bombay High Court has got jurisdiction over two union territories—Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu. • Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Lakshadweep and Puducherry are placed under the Calcutta, Punjab and Haryana, Kerala, and Madras High Courts respectively. |
