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Article 63: There shall be a vice President of
India.
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Article 64: The Vice President shall be the
ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
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Note: The Vice President is like a counter part
of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
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Article 65: The Vice President shall act as the President
in the event of a vacancy in the office of the President by reason of his death,
resignation or removal or otherwise.
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At the time of acting as the President or
discharging the functions of the President the Vice President shall not perform
the duties of the Chairman of Rajya Sabha. (Article 64).
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Article 66: Qualifications for the election of Vice
President
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Article 66 (1): The Vice President is elected by
an electoral college consisting of the members of the two houses of the Parliament
in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of a
single transferable vote.
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A sitting Vice President is eligible for
reelection.
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Article 67: The term of office of the Vice President
is 5 years
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The office may be terminated by resignation or
removal.
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A formal impeachment is not required.
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The election to the office of the Vice President
has to be completed before the expiration of the term.
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Article 68: this article talk about the time of
holding the elections to fill vacancy in the office of Vice President and the
term of office of the Vice President to fill casual vacancy
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Article 69: Oath of the Vice President
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Article 70: Discharge of the functions of the
President in other contingencies
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Article 71: Disputes related to the election of
the Vice President can be challenged only in Supreme Court
ELECTION:
1.
VP is elected indirectly by the members of an electoral
college consisting of the members of both Lok sabha and Rajyasabha. (It
includes nominated members also).
2.
Election is held in accordance with the system of
proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote and the
voting is by secret ballot.
QUALIFICATIONS:
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Should be a citizen of India.
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Should have completed 35 years of age.
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Should not hold any office of profit
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Should be qualified for election as a member of
the Rajya Sabha.
Sitting President or Vice-President of the union, the
Governor of any state and a minister of the union or any state is not deemed to
hold any office of profit and hence qualified for being a candidate for
vice-President.
Nomination for the election must be subscribed by at least
20 electors as proposers and 20 electors as seconders.
Contesting candidate has to make a security deposit of
15,000/-.
OATH:
The oath of office to the VP is administered by the
President or some person appointed by him.
TERM: 5 years.
RESIGNATION: Submits the resignation letter to
the President of India.
REMOVAL: 14 days advance notice should be
given. The Vice President is removed by a resolution of the Rajya Sabha passed
by majority of all the then members of the council and agreed to by the House
of the People.
The reasons for the removal of the Vice President are not
mentioned in the Constitution.
REELECTION: Sitting Vice President can be
reelected to the office any number of terms. So far only the first VP of India
Dr. S. Radhakrishanan was the only person who got elected to the office of VP
for two terms.
Note: The sitting Vice President Hamid Ansari reelected to
the office for the second term in the year 2012.
VACANCY:
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On the expiry of term 5 years.
2.
By death
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By resignation
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By removal from the office
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Otherwise
In case of vacancy the election must be held as soon as
possible. The newly elected VP remains in office for a full term of 5 years
from the date of assuming charges.
ELECTION DISPUTES: (Article 71)
The election disputes in relation with election of the
Vice-President are enquired into and decided by the Supreme Court. The decision
of Supreme Court is final and exclusive.
FUNCTIONS of the Vice-President:
1.
Acts as the ex-officio chairman of Rajya Sabha.
2.
Acts as the President in the absence of the President
due to death, resignation, and removal or otherwise.
The Vice-President while acting as the President does not
perform the duties of the Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
SALARY AND EMOLUMENTS:
1.
Salary is drawn in the capacity of Chairman of Rajya
Sabha.
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Draws a salary of 1, 25,000/-.
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Entitled to free residence, Daily allowance, medical
and other allowances.
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While acting as the President of India he is entitled
to draw the salary of the President and not that of Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
vice-presidents
of india
Dr.Sarvepalli
Radhakrishnan 1952-1962
Dr.
Zakir Hussain 1962-1967
Varahagiri
Venkata Giri 1967-1969
Gopal
Swarup Pathak 1969-1974
B.D.Jatti 1974-1979
Mohammaed
Hidayatullah 1979-1984
R.
Venkataraman 1984-1987
Dr.
Shankar Dayal Sharma 1987-1992
K.R.Narayan 1992-1997
Krishan
Kant 1997-2002
Bhairon
Singh Sekhawat 2002-2007
Mohd.
Hamid Ansari 2007 - till date (2nd
term)
MISCELLANEOUS:
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In the VP elections that was held in August 2012
a candidate by name Narendranath Dubey
Ajig said to be a resident of Varanasi (UP) faked the signatures of 40 MPs from
AP. The matter came to light when the MPs were contacted by the election office
to cross-check whether they had extended support. The MPs approached the Lok
Sabha Secretary-General and the election office
to appraise them what had transpired. On the complained lodged by an MP
Ponnam Prabhakar the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police registered an
FIR on December 13, 2012.