The Constitution of India
Council of Ministers to aid and advise President
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Provision
- 74
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official sourceMinisters with the Prime Minister at the head to aid and advise the President who shall, in
the exercise of his functions, act in accordance with such advice:]
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[Provided that the President may require the Council of Ministers to reconsider such
advice, either generally or otherwise, and the President shall act in accordance with the
advice tendered after such reconsideration.]
(2) The question whether any, and if so what, advice was tendered by Ministers to the
President 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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