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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper V: Indian Constitution and Economy · Question 10 of 200

Q10
Indian PolityUnion Executive: President, PM & Council of Ministers
Impeachment of the President of India can be initiated __________.
  1. a.only in the Lok Sabha
  2. b.only in the Rajya Sabha
  3. c.in either House of Parliament
  4. d.in the Supreme Court

Answer: (C) in either House of Parliament

Under Article 61 the charge for impeaching the President may be preferred by either House of Parliament, after 14 days' notice signed by one-fourth of its members; the other House then investigates. It is not restricted to one House, and the Supreme Court has no role in initiating it.