UPSC PRELIMS · POLITY · PRESIDENT — ELECTION & POWERS
Consider the following statements : 1. If the election of the President of India is declared void by ~he Supreme Court of India, all acts done by him/her in the performance of duties of hisfher office of President before the date of decision become invalid. 2. Election for the post of the President of India can be postponed on the ground that some Legislative Assemblies have been dissolved and elections are yet to take place. 3. When a Bill is presented to the President of India, the Constitution prescribes time limits within which he/she has to declare hisfher assent. How many of the above statements are correct?
Take a breath. Choose one. Press A–D on your keyboard if you like.
EXPLANATION
The consequences of a void presidential election do not invalidate all prior official acts; a presidential election cannot simply be postponed because some assemblies are dissolved; and the Constitution does not prescribe a fixed time limit for presidential assent. Hence none is correct.
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