NATIONAL LAW INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY, BHOPAL

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW:-
SYNOPSIS ON

‘Powers and Functions of Indian Parliament.’

SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:

Prof .Kuldeep Kaur Ayush Mavai

LLB. (Hons.) University of London 2017BALLB101

Bar Finals (Lincoln's Inn)

Introduction
Originally called the House of Parliament, it was designed by the British architect Edwin
Lutyens and Herbert Baker in 1912-1913 and construction began in 1921. The opening
ceremony of the Parliament House, then called the Central Legislative Assembly, was
performed on 18 January 1927 by Lord Irwin, the then Viceroy of India. The third session of
Central Legislative Assembly was held in this house on 19 January 1927.

The national legislature or Parliament is the ultimate administrative body of India. Founded
in 1919, the Parliament alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power
over all political bodies in India. The Parliament of India comprises the president of India and
the two houses, Lok Sabha (House of the People) and Rajya Sabha (Council of States). The
legislature of the States is described as State legislature. Indian legislature is Bicameral in
nature, so called because of the two houses- Lok Sabha (House of the People) and Rajya
Sabha(Council of States).

The Constitution authorizes each State to choose either a unicameral or bicameral legislature.
Only Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have a
bicameral legislature.

Except the houses President also is an integral part of legislature. The power to summon
anyone and dissolving either House of Parliament or Lok Sabha vests with him or her.

The Constitution of India came into force on January 26, 1950 and India became Republic.
Parliament arose in April 1962, which composed of members elected in the first general
elections held during 1951-52. Since then elections are held every 5 years and Lok Sabha are
re-formed with new elected members.
Contents

o Introduction

o Indian Parliament: Salient Features

o Powers and Function of Indian Parliament

o Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha – A comparative study

o Limitation on sovereignty of Parliament

o Conclusion

o Bibliography

Objectives

Parliament is country’s central legislative body. As India has a parliamentary form of

government, the aim of the project work is to do research on the powers and functions of the
Indian parliament and the principal organs of Indian Parliament.

Limitations

The study will focus on Parliament of India and a comparative study between the two
houses of parliament, i.e., Lok Sabha (House of the People) and Rajya Sabha (Council of
States).

Research Methodology

The method of research which is followed for the project is a doctrinal study. The research
includes gathering the data from the existing information like referring the books related to
the topic, articles, journals and the documents relating to the topic available online and no
field study is involved.