Indian Polity Quiz: Constitutional Posts: Oath, Resignation and Removal

Article 156 deals with the term of office of the Governor: clause (1) says that the Governor holds office during the pleasure of the President, clause (2) allows him to resign by writing addressed to the President, and clause (3) fixes his normal term at five years from the date…

Article 56(1)(a) provides that the President may, by writing under his hand addressed to the Vice-President, resign his office, and the Vice-President must communicate the resignation forthwith to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Article 60 lays down the form of the President's oath and requires that it be made in the presence of the Chief Justice of India, or, in his absence, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court available.

Article 159 requires every Governor, before entering upon his office, to make an oath in the presence of the Chief Justice of the High Court having jurisdiction in relation to that State, or, in his absence, the senior-most judge of that court available.

Article 61 lays down the procedure for impeaching the President for violation of the Constitution: the charge must be preferred by either House after at least fourteen days' notice signed by not less than one-fourth of the members of that House, and must be passed by not less than two-thirds…

Under Article 67(b), the Vice-President may be removed by a resolution of the Rajya Sabha passed by a majority of all the then members of that House and agreed to by the Lok Sabha, and no such resolution may be moved unless at least fourteen days' notice has been given.

Article 124(4) provides that a judge of the Supreme Court may be removed by an order of the President only after an address by each House of Parliament, supported by a majority of the total membership of that House and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the…

Article 148(1) provides that the Comptroller and Auditor General shall be removed from office only in like manner and on the like grounds as a judge of the Supreme Court, which means an address by each House supported by the special majority of Article 124(4), on the ground of proved…

Article 164(1A), inserted by the Ninety-first Amendment Act of 2003, provides that the total number of Ministers, including the Chief Minister, in the Council of Ministers of a State shall not exceed fifteen per cent of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly, and that the number shall…

Article 94(b) provides that the Speaker may resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to the Deputy Speaker, and the Deputy Speaker resigns by writing addressed to the Speaker.