{"id":160168,"date":"2022-01-09T18:40:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T13:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=160168"},"modified":"2022-01-09T18:40:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T13:10:30","slug":"answered-explain-the-constitutional-provisions-under-which-the-legislative-councils-are-established-review-the-working-and-current-status-of-legislative-councils-with-suitable-illustrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-explain-the-constitutional-provisions-under-which-the-legislative-councils-are-established-review-the-working-and-current-status-of-legislative-councils-with-suitable-illustrations\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] Explain the constitutional provisions under which the Legislative Councils are established. Review the working and current status of Legislative Councils with suitable illustrations."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Parliament, under Article 169, can abolish or create a legislative council by a simple majority, that is, a majority of the members of each House present and voting, if the legislative assembly of the concerned state, by a special majority, passes a resolution to that effect.\u00a0Article 171 provides for the Composition of council.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Utility of State legislative councils\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Bringing diverse opinion on policy\u00a0making\u00a0;\u00a0Functional representation of various groups\u00a0[e.g.,\u00a0teachers, graduates,\u00a0local\u00a0representatives], thus\u00a0enable non-elected persons to contribute to the legislative process.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Check hasty legislations by\u00a0Legislative assemblies\u00a0+\u00a0prevent them from\u00a0exercising\u00a0too much legislation or executive authority<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Nominated members who are apolitical background bring extra wisdom\u00a0and provides forum for intellectuals and academicians who are not suited for electoral politics.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Brings pressure on Legislative assembly for policy making.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Concerns\u00a0with Legislative\u00a0Councils\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. They can be created and abolished by\u00a0Union\u00a0parliament by a simple majority.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Their recommendations are not binding on assembly + became back door for failed politicians\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Burden on public exchequer.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Representing graduates in the house has outlived its utility\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. Politicization\u00a0in selecting nominated members\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    6. Can create delay in policy making.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The Parliament, under Article 169, can abolish or create a legislative council by a simple majority, that is, a majority of the members of each House present and voting, if the legislative assembly of the concerned state, by a special majority, passes a resolution to that effect.\u00a0Article 171 provides for the Composition of council.\u00a0 Utility… Continue reading [Answered] Explain the constitutional provisions under which the Legislative Councils are established. Review the working and current status of Legislative Councils with suitable illustrations.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":96,"cached_at":1698386989,"cached_date":1698422647},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}