With respect to the Vice President of India, consider the following statements:

Article 63 – Vice President shall be the ex-officio chairman of Council of States.

Article 65 – Vice President to act as President or to discharge his functions.

Article 66 – Process of the election to the Vice President.

Article 71 – Disputes regarding the election of a Vice President shall be inquired and decided by the Supreme Court of India.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Question

Article 63 of the Constitution states that “there shall be a Vice-President of India”.
Article 64 states that the Vice-President “shall be ex officio Chairman of the Council of the States” (Rajya Sabha).
Article 65 says that the Vice-President to act as President or to discharge his functions during casual vacancies in the office, or during the absence, of President.
Article 66 lays down the process of the election of the Vice-President. It says the Vice-President “shall be elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of the members of both Houses of Parliament in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote and the voting at such election shall be by secret ballot”. He “shall not be a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of the Legislature of any State”. If a member of any of these Houses is elected to the post, “he shall be deemed to have vacated his seat in that House on the date on which he enters upon his office as Vice-President”.
Article 71 of the Constitution states that all doubts and disputes arising out of or in connection with the election of a president or vice President shall be inquired into and decided by the Supreme court whose decision shall be final.

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Article 63 of the Constitution states that “there shall be a Vice-President of India”.
Article 64 states that the Vice-President “shall be ex officio Chairman of the Council of the States” (Rajya Sabha).
Article 65 says that the Vice-President to act as President or to discharge his functions during casual vacancies in the office, or during the absence, of President.
Article 66 lays down the process of the election of the Vice-President. It says the Vice-President “shall be elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of the members of both Houses of Parliament in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote and the voting at such election shall be by secret ballot”. He “shall not be a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of the Legislature of any State”. If a member of any of these Houses is elected to the post, “he shall be deemed to have vacated his seat in that House on the date on which he enters upon his office as Vice-President”.
Article 71 of the Constitution states that all doubts and disputes arising out of or in connection with the election of a president or vice President shall be inquired into and decided by the Supreme court whose decision shall be final.

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