With reference to the legislative procedure in state legislatures, consider the following statements:
1. Unlike the Parliament, there is no provision for a joint sitting of the two houses of a state legislature to resolve a deadlock over a bill.
2. In the case of a Money Bill, the State Legislative Council has extremely limited powers, similar to the position of the Rajya Sabha at the Centre.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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With reference to the legislative procedure in state legislatures, consider the following statements:
1. Unlike the Parliament, there is no provision for a joint sitting of the two houses of a state legislature to resolve a deadlock over a bill.
2. In the case of a Money Bill, the State Legislative Council has extremely limited powers, similar to the position of the Rajya Sabha at the Centre.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Accepted Answer

Statement 1 is correct: The Constitution of India does not provide for the mechanism of a joint sitting of both houses of the state legislature to resolve a disagreement over a bill. Statement 2 is correct: Both the Rajya Sabha at the federal level and the Legislative Councils at the state level have highly restricted powers regarding Money Bills. They cannot reject or amend them and have to return them within 14 days with or without recommendations.

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