Constitution, Various Constitutional Posts, Other Bodies, Article
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Various Constitutional Posts
CAG | UPSC | SPSC | EC | Nat Comm SC | Nat Comm ST | Officer Linguistic Minorities | |
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Article | 148 | 315 - 323 | 315 - 323 | 324 | 338. By 65th amendment (1990) as Nat Comm of SC and ST | 338A 89th amendment | 350 B – 7th Amendment. 1957 |
Appointment | By president | Chairman and Members by President | Governor (but can be removed only by President) | President | President | President | |
Chair, VC, 3 members | |||||||
Qualification | None | None except half the members govt servants 10 yrs | None except half the members govt servants 10 yrs | ||||
Tenure | Max six years till 65 years | Max six years till 65 years. Single term. | Max six years till 62 years. Single term | Max six years till 65 | Determined by Pres. Hold office for 3 years | Determined by Pres. Hold office for 3 years | |
Removal | Same manner and ground as SC judge | By president: Insolvent, outside employment, infirmity of mind or body. Also misbehaviour has to refer to SC. Binding advice | President same as UPSC | CEC: Same manner and ground at SC judge Members: cannot be removed without the recommendation of the CEC | |||
Further employment | Not eligible under centre or state govt | Chairman: Not under the govt or state (except governor) . Members: Only as UPSC or SPSC chairman | Chairman: As Chairman of UPSC of any other SPSC but no other under govt. Members: Same except that they can also be appointed as same SPSC chairman | Not debarred from any further employment | |||
Service conditions | Determined by Parliament | By president. Jurisdiction can be extended by parliament | Similar to that of SC Judge | ||||
Others | President can exclude posts, services and matters from purview of SPSC. Rejected recommendations to be approved by the Appointments Committee | Governor can exclude posts, services and matters from purview of SPSC | Can regulate its own procedure Powers of civil court Also enquires matters relating to OBCs and Anglo Indians | Bifurcated after 89th amendment (2003) . So came into being in 2004 Can regulate its own procedure Powers of civil court | HQ: Allahabad Regional office: Belgaum, Chennai, Kolkata Falls under the ministry of Minority Affairs |
Other Bodies
PC | NDC | NHRC | SHRC | CVC | CIC | |
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Estd | 1950 executive resolution | 1952 executive resolution | 1993 – Statutory | 1993 - Statutory | 1964 – executive res 2003 - statute | 2005 – statute |
Composition | 1 Chair, 4 Members, 4 ex-officio members (Chair of Nat com of SC, ST, Minorities, Women) | 1 Chair, 2 Members | 1 CVC, 2 VC | 1 CIC and 10 members. Persons of eminence in public life etc. | ||
Qualification | Chair: Ex CJI Members: Ex or serving SC⟋HC judge; 2 persons having human rights knowledge or experience | Chair: Ex CJI of HC Members: Ex or serving HCJ⟋Dist J min 7 year exp and a person having knowledge of HR | ||||
Appointment | President on recommendation of six member committee – PM, Speaker, Dy Chair (₹) , Leaders of Opposition in Both Houses, Home Min | By Governor on recommendation of committee – (centre counterparts) | President – 3 member committee | President by committee: PL, Leader of Opp.in LS, a Cabinet Minister | ||
Tenure | 5 years or till age of 70 | 5 yrs of till age 70 | 4 years or till age of 65 | 5 years of 65 age. No reappointment. IC can be appointed as CIC but total term 5years | ||
Further employment | No | No | No | |||
Removal | By President. Same as UPSC. | By President. Same as UPSC. | By President. Same as UPSC. | By President. Same as UPSC. | ||
Conditions of services | By Central Govt | By State Govt | Same as UPSC | Same as EC⟋SC | ||
Powers | Of a civil court. Can look into a matter only within one year of its occurance. | Powers of Civil court. Can look into a matter only within one year of its occurrence. Can enquire only on HR violations in matters relating to state list and concurrent list. | Powers of a civil court | Powers of a civil court |
If you know this, you know that
- CIC – State IC