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    The pocket veto is a power granted to the President of India by the constitution to indefinitely withhold assent of a bill passed by Parliament. This allows the President to effectively veto a bill without returning it to Parliament for reconsideration by refusing to sign it. The pocket veto has been used on occasion by past presidents for bills they viewed as encroaching on civil liberties or as self-aggrandizing by Parliament members. President Zail Singh used a pocket veto in the 1980s against a bill granting sweeping surveillance powers and President Venkataraman against a bill granting pension benefits to outgoing Parliament members.

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    The pocket veto is a power granted to the President of India by the constitution to indefinitely withhold assent of a bill passed by Parliament. This allows the President to effectively veto a bill without returning it to Parliament for reconsideration by refusing to sign it. The pocket veto has been used on occasion by past presidents for bills they viewed as encroaching on civil liberties or as self-aggrandizing by Parliament members. President Zail Singh used a pocket veto in the 1980s against a bill granting sweeping surveillance powers and President Venkataraman against a bill granting pension benefits to outgoing Parliament members.

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    The pocket veto is a power granted to the President of India by the constitution to indefinitely withhold assent of a bill passed by Parliament. This allows the President to effectively veto a bill without returning it to Parliament for reconsideration by refusing to sign it. The pocket veto has been used on occasion by past presidents for bills they viewed as encroaching on civil liberties or as self-aggrandizing by Parliament members. President Zail Singh used a pocket veto in the 1980s against a bill granting sweeping surveillance powers and President Venkataraman against a bill granting pension benefits to outgoing Parliament members.

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    6/12/13

    Mrunal [Polity] Pocket Veto Print

    [Polity] Pocket Veto

    What does it mean?


    The constitution gives the President the power to return a bill unsigned but it
    circumscribes the power to send it back only once for reconsideration.
    If the Parliament sends back the bill with or without changes, the President is duty
    bound to sign it. However, deliberately or inadvertently, the constitution does not
    set a time-limit in which the President is obliged to approve the bill, so they
    may withhold assent indefinitely. This has come to be known in legal and
    constitutional circles as the Pocket Veto, and has been used on a number of
    occasions against controversial Bills.

    Use in India
    In the mid-1980s, President Zail Singh withheld assent to a Bill passed by
    Parliament that gave sweeping powers to the State to intercept mail. This was
    considered by the President to be an encroachment on citizens freedom of
    speech and liberty as guaranteed by the Constitution.
    In early 1990, President Venkataraman withheld assent to a Bill passed by the
    outgoing Parliament that gave pension benefits to themselves. This was
    interpreted by the President to be self-aggrandisement.
    Source: Sambhav Garg

    URL to article: http://mrunal.org/2009/09/polity-pocket-veto.html


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