The Constitution of India
Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Provision
- 163
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official sourceMinisters with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise
of his functions, except in so far as he is by or under this Constitution required to exercise
his functions or any of them in his discretion.
(2) If any question arises whether any matter is or is not a matter as respects which the
Governor is by or under this Constitution required to act in his discretion, the decision of the
Governor in his discretion shall be final, and the validity of anything done by the Governor
shall not be called in question on the ground that he ought or ought not to have acted in his
discretion.
(3) The question whether any, and if so what, advice was tendered by Ministers to the
Governor shall not be inquired into in any court.
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The Constitution of India · legislative.gov.in · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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