Indian Politics Questions

The  Presidentof  India  is  the  head of   the   executive   of   the   Union Government    and    all    executive powers are exercised by him or her either   directly   or   through   the subordinate  officers.  President  can appoint  the  important  officers  in Central  Government  including  the Attorney-General   for   India.   The supreme   commander   of   all   the defence  services  is  the  President and  in  this  capacity,  he  appoints the  chief  of  the  Army,  the  Naval and the Air Force.

The 8th amendment of the US constitution tells the government not to give excessive bail, nor fines , nor unusual punishments.

When our constitution came into act there were exactly 395 articles in 22 parts and 8 schedules.

At present there are :

- 448 articles in 25 parts

- 12 schedules

- 103 Amendments

- Appendices 5.

2, 3, and 4 are inter-service establishment because one can go into different services through them but through Officers Training Academy, one can go only into Indian Army.

Vishakha and others v State of Rajasthan was a 1997 Indian Supreme Court case where Vishakhaand other women groups filed Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against State of Rajasthan and Union of India to enforce the fundamental rights of working women under Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India.The court decided that the consideration of "International Conventions and norms are significant for the purpose of interpretation of the guarantee of gender equality, right to work with human dignity in Articles 14, 15, 19(1)(g) and 21 of the Constitution and the safeguards against sexual harassment implicit therein.