QUESTION

Easy

Indian Polity

Prelims 2024

How many Delimitation Commissions have been constituted by the Government of India till December 2023?

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Explanation

  • Delimitation commissions have been set up four times in the past — 1953, 1962, 1972 and 2002 — under Delimitation Commission Acts of 1952, 1962, 1972 and 2002.

Delimitation Commission

Delimitation Commission

 

  • The Delimitation Commission is appointed by the President of India and works in collaboration with the Election Commission of India. The Delimitation Commission in India is a high-power body whose orders have the force of law and cannot be called into question before any court. 

  • The Commission’s orders are laid before the Lok Sabha and the legislative assemblies concerned, but they cannot effect any modifications in the orders.

  • Composition: Retired Supreme Court Judge, Chief Election Commissioner and respective state election commissioners.

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