Governor’s Discretionary Powers: Relevance and Issues

Relevance

  • Constitutional Mandate: Under the Constitution, Governor is the head of the state and all the function of the state is executed on his name. Despite being a nominal head of executive, he acts as guardian to the State. He can guide and has a moral authority to prevent the state governance to divert from its responsibility.
  • Historical Cause: Experiencing communalism, separatism, insurgency and regionalism at the time of Independence, the Constituent Assembly has provided more power and responsibility to the Union in the schedule 7 of the Constitution to maintain sovereignty and integrity of India.
  • Lynchpin between Centre and ....
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