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 Constitutional Bodies in India

Body Article Powers

Election 324 ● Conduct of free and fair elections in India

Commission ● Political parties’ registration
● Overseeing elections

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Finance 280 ● Decides the basis for sharing the divisible
Commission of taxes by the centre and the states

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India ● Any matter in the interest of sound finance
can be referred to the President
evaluates the rise in the Consolidated
Fund of a state in order to affix the
resources of the state Municipalities and
Panchayats
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● FC has the powers of a civil court

National 338 ● It is a quasi-judicial body

Commission for Monitoring and reporting about the
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Scheduled Castes implementation of constitutional

safeguards for Scheduled Castes
It has a civil court’s powers

National 338A ● It is a quasi-judicial body

Commission for ● Monitoring and reporting about the
Scheduled Tribes implementation of constitutional
safeguards for Scheduled Tribes
● It has a civil court’s powers
National 338B ● Examine complaints and welfare measures
Commission for regarding socially and educationally
Backward Classes backward classes
● It has a civil court’s powers

Special officer for 350B ● Monitoring and reporting the working of

Linguistic constitutional safeguards for linguistic
Minorities minorities

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Union Public 315-323 ● Recruitment of All India Services, public
Service services of centrally administered

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Commission territories, Central services, advisory
powers

Attorney General Article 76 ● AG is the highest law officer in the country.

(AG) of India ● AG is appointed by the President on the
advice of the government.
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State Public 315-323 ● To give advice to the Government of India
Service (GoI) upon such legal matters, which are
Commission referred to her/him by the President.
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● To perform such other duties of a legal

character that are assigned to her/him by
the President.
● To appear on behalf of the GoI in all cases
in the Supreme Court or in any case in any
High Court in which the GoI is concerned.

Tribunal 323 A and ● 323-A deals with Administrative Tribunals

323 B ● 323-B deals with tribunals for other
matters.
Supreme Court of Articles 124 ● The law declared by the Supreme Court is
India to 147 binding on all Courts within the territory of
India.
● It has the power of judicial review

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