Political Science · Political Institutions in India
UGC NET January 2017 Political Science
Who was the first President of India to make use of 'Pocket Veto'?
AZakir Hussain
BSanjeeva Reddy
CR Venkatraman
DGyani Zail Singh ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Gyani Zail Singh — Giani Zail Singh was the first President of India to use the pocket veto, so he is the answer.
Explanation
★Giani Zail Singh was the first President of India to use the pocket veto, so he is the answer.
★He withheld assent to the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bill, 1986, by simply not acting on it.
★In a pocket veto the President neither gives assent nor returns the Bill, but keeps it pending indefinitely.
★The Constitution prescribes no time limit within which the President must act on an ordinary Bill under Article 111.
★The President has three options on a Bill: give assent, withhold assent, or return a non-money Bill for reconsideration.
★Giani Zail Singh served as the seventh President of India from 1982 to 1987.
★For NET, distinguish the absolute, suspensive and pocket vetoes, and recall that the President has no veto power once a Bill is passed again after return.
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