LECTURE 24 - CENTRE'S CONTROL OVER STATES

- The Central Government of India can take and pass the laws for the whole country,
whereas the states cannot make the laws.
- Thus, the centre has got some arbitrary power over the states in terms of procurement of
the legislation and their power over the legislative measures.
- The governor can still preserve certain kinds of state bills and rights to recommend to
the honorary President of India.

Polity

- As per the rule, the Centre practices the administrative power and authority over all the
affairs on which the parliament has the power for making the laws for the entire country.
- The state government can only practice the stated laws and laws for themselves which
are included in the state list.
- The Central Government of India can also employ their laws over the states when
necessary. As per Articles 245 to 255 in Part XI of the Indian Constitution, the legislative
ties between the central and state governments have been mentioned.
- This states a double division between the states and the union with their legislative
authorities including the recognition of territory and their relation towards the subject
matter.

Centres control over State Legislation

- The parliament has been given immense power over the employment of the duties of the
state officials via any of their laws. The states or the union government can only
discharge those duties set and designed by the Central Government.
- The Parliament alone has the power to make “Extraterritorial Legislation”, thus this can
be implemented not only for the Indian citizens but also on Indian property in other parts
of the world.
- Apart from the Parliament’s power over the states to take legislative measures on the
state’s matters, under some exceptions, the central government can take control over the
states’ legislations as per the Constitution of India. The governor can preserve certain
state bills to be passed by the President via their veto power. The President can also
direct the state government for reservation of money and bills along with other financial
budgeting, transactions or bills passed by the state legislature in times of financial
emergencies.