{"id":28951,"date":"2025-11-19T12:27:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T06:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28951"},"modified":"2025-11-20T14:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T09:09:11","slug":"vice-president-removal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/vice-president-removal-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice President Removal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About the Vice President of India<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Constitutional status<\/strong>: The Vice President holds the position of the <strong>second-highest constitutional office<\/strong> in India, after the President.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Article 63 <\/strong>of the Constitution mandates the existence of the Vice President&#8217;s office.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/vice-president-of-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vice President of India<\/a> serves a dual role, modelled on the lines of the <strong>American Vice President<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eligibility criteria<\/strong>: According to <strong>Article 66<\/strong> of the Constitution, a person must meet the following conditions to be eligible for the office of Vice President:\n<ul>\n<li>The candidate must be an <strong>Indian citizen<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The individual must be at least <strong>35 years of age<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The candidate must be <strong>qualified to be elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The candidate <strong>must not hold any office of profit<\/strong> under the Union, state government, or any local or public authority.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Election Process<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Vice President is elected through a <strong>proportional representation system<\/strong> by an <strong>electoral college<\/strong> that includes both elected and nominated members of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. This differs from the Presidential election process, which also includes state legislative assemblies.<\/li>\n<li>The election is conducted using a <strong>single transferable vote system<\/strong>, and voting is carried out by <strong>secret ballot<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Any doubts or disputes regarding the election of the Vice President are adjudicated by the <strong>Supreme Court<\/strong>, and its decision is final.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tenure and Removal<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tenure<\/strong>: The Vice President serves a <strong>five-year term<\/strong>, starting from the date they assume office.\n<ul>\n<li>The Vice President can continue in office until a successor takes charge, even after the completion of the term.<\/li>\n<li>The Vice President is eligible for <strong>re-election<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Resignation<\/strong>: The Vice President can resign by submitting a formal resignation letter to the President of India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Removal process<\/strong>: According to <strong>Article 67(b)<\/strong>, the Vice President can be removed through a resolution passed by the Rajya Sabha with an <strong>effective majority<\/strong> (majority of all the then members).\n<ul>\n<li>This resolution must also be agreed to by the Lok Sabha with a <strong>simple majority<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>14-day notice<\/strong> is required before moving the resolution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is impeachment?<\/h3>\n<p>Impeachment is the process by which the President of India can be removed from office for &#8220;violation of the Constitution.&#8221; It is a quasi-judicial procedure initiated by Parliament, requiring a special majority in both Houses after thorough investigation and discussion.<\/p>\n<p>News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/india-bloc-moves-resolution-to-remove-vice-president-jagdeep-dhankhar-from-office\/article68965363.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Opposition moves resolution to remove Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar from office &#8211; The Hindu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vice President holds the position of the second-highest constitutional office in India, after the President.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28952,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}