CONTENTS -.-:..:Lr)Llto -' .-'.,,I Thg ?Rdnce V Ialtle of Cases Xi

.:..-ir,tltcr CONTENTS -.-:..:lr)lltO -' .-'.,,i thg ?rdnce V ialtle of Cases Xi

I , ..t:..'>.Ile/ . -_. t' t.r-te Or 1. 62 Yearsof the PresidencyThe Constitutional Mandate

""'-:.- 1-rrirtics. Theory and Practice ...r l't'i.()ll Of Subhash C. Kashyap 1 .- .' rl'.-l'.iitIS.'l11 Constitutional Position 1 . ,, r-ulilts(ind Election Process 2 . .'. ^r t)pi1ljt.l-,, ' .: tirenrlers Elections 6 : :itt'1-t1'1ypllg Nehru-Prasad Equation 8 ,l',.' Presidents after Prasad 11 .-,_t1.r.', The message 24

- ..Lttl.'.lDd 2. President of India : - I .'.:l...ll)lt'11t, People's Friend, Philosopher and Supreme Custodian t, , .,: i: rtf tlfg G.V.G. Krishnamurthy 25 - ... . i'r'r':cr-rtec1 Dr. I{ajendra Prasad's Queries 25 Analysis of the Office of President 26 : r'l.rtct'l to President: His Election, Authority & Power 26 President as Custodian of the Constitution 27 - :t'...stttdy. . :-.:l'lrshers Is the Power Theoretical or Real? 28 Powers of Crown in England 28

. ,'. t't'i1 Df. Interpretations of the Content of the Constitution 29 .:'-i ..\ll.rcli Constitutional Position of the President 30 , ., I'trrthc Polarisation of Forces 37 President vis-)-vis Prime Minister and Council of Ministers 31 that it Views of K.M. Munshi, B.N. Rau ar-rdSantanam 32 Range of Expressions Used Pertaining to President 32 .t- "AID and ADVICE' , its Scope JJ C. Kashvap Passive and Active Roles of President 33 , i I Kashyap Passive Role 34 Active Role of the President 35 Emergency and Other Abnormal Situation 35 Abnormal Situations Likely to Arise in Post 7967 Period 36 Privy Council Decision on the Interpretation of A Written Constitution 37 President's Dvnamic Role In Times of Necessitv 38 Post Script 38

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Porvers of President to Appoint Prime Minister and Other il. \t'tt : Ministers in the Council 38 \1r \ Sole Discretion of President in Appointing Prime Minister 38 m. Lettr: : Implications of Oath of President 39 d.'rtt'.: President Supreme Custociian of Law, Constitution and People 39 ry. Nott' :: 3. Some Reflections on the ltresidential Election, 20'12 B.B.Dutta 12 V. Lettrr : date.i . 4. Next President VI. Lettcr : Expectation of Citizens dateti . P,P, RAO 45 VII. Opirri'.' 5. Making of the President,2012 datetl : Vinod Saiglal 47 VItr. Opini,' Rajinder Puri, wrote in The Sunday Statesman of 4 March, 2072 4B daterl : Remember that the President has sovereign immunity ,49 The Selectors Cabal 50 [X. Letter : Pan.iit 6. Citizens and the President of India A.K.Merclmnt 52 X. Notc ,,: dateti . 7. President of India: A Personal Perspective datetl ' Nation Must Make the Right Choice )O. Pre:i.i. l.S. Raiput 5(-'' the lrt,- '. t-ltt \' 8. The Soldier and his Supreme Cornmander A prayer to God and appeal to my Countrymen Xtl. Tl 'e I':, R.S.Chhikarn [r0 XIil. The I':' 9. Locating the President in Representative Democracy )(IV. Cr-rtr.i.: of India Manoj Agrazual (r3 XV. Cott:t'r' '' Indirziclualvs. Institution 64 SVlll 1''' at tht' . Diminishing Statusof Presir-lent'sOffice b5 Citizen'sExpectation and Participation 65 \\'1. Sttl-''1-.,,' SuggestedSoli-rtions 66 (i ) (1"- 10. Their man in the Rashtrapati Bhawan IazuaharlalKsul 6B (lr Annexures I. Note from the President Dr. Rajendra f'rasad to the Prime Minister, Jav,'aharial Nehrr-r, dateci Marrch 27, 1950 71 Cottfrltts ix i&$r':, II. Note on President's powers by the Attorney General t1a ffip, 3B M.C. Setalvad, dated October 6,7950 /J ffip 3B m. Letter from Dr. Rajendra Prasad to Pandit Nehru, 39 Jawaharlal dated 15 September, 1951 78 39 {V. Note from Dr. Rajendra Prasad to I'.rndit Jawaharlal Nehru 79 Ir'l- 12 V. Letter frorn Pandit Jawaharlal Nehrr"r to Dr. Rajendra Prasad dated 15 September, 1951 B3

VI. Letter from Dr. Rajendra Prasad to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, dated 18 September, 1957 85 45 VII. Opinion of Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Aiyar, dated September 20, 7957 87 47 4B VItr. Opinion of the Attorney-General, M.C. Setaivad, ,19 dated Septemb er 2-7,7957 B9 50 IX. Letter from Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Aiyar to Pandit jawaharlal Nehru 93

52 X. Note on the President's letter to the Prime N{inister, dated 18 September, 1957 by Alladi Krishnaswami Aiyar, dated 8th October, 1951 94

)C. President Dr. Rajendra Prasad's Speech while laving 56 the Foundation Stone of the Indian L.rr,r'Institutc at New Delhi on Novemtrer 28,7960 v6

Xli. The Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections i\ct, 7952 100 60 X1II. The Presidentia] and Vice-Presidential Elections Rules, 1974 109 ()cracv )OV. Constitutional Provisions 725

63 XV. Consensus Document Emerging from the Nation.ri 64 Slrmposium sponsored by seventeen Pr-rblic-spiritedlnstitutions at the India Internationai Centre, 2012 i33 65 Tlrne ir5 XVL Supreme Court Judgrnents 66 (1) (7970) 2 SCC 567: AIR 1970 SC 2097, Shri Shiv Kirpal Singh VersusShri V.V. Ciri 734 6B (2) (1947) 2 SCC 33, ltr Re: PresidentinlPoll 256

(3) (1984) 1 SCC 390, Charan Lal Sahu \/crsusCiani Zail Singh 265