Article 86 of Constitution of India – Right of President to address and send messages to Houses
Article 86 of Constitution of India deals with Right of President to address and send messages to Houses
Original Text of Article 86 of Constitution of India
(1) The President may address either House of Parliament or both Houses assembled together, and for that purpose require the attendance of members.
(2) The President may send messages to either House of Parliament, whether with respect to a Bill then pending in Parliament or otherwise, and a House to which any message is so sent shall with all convenient dispatch consider any matter required by the message to be taken into consideration.
Questions related to Article 86 of Constitution of India
Article 86 gives the President of India the right to address either House of Parliament and to send messages to either or both Houses, as part of their constitutional role under the Constitution of India.
No, the address under Article 86 refers to formal communication with Parliament, especially at the beginning of a new session, unlike public speeches made on occasions like Republic Day.
Yes, under Article 86(1), the President may address either House or both Houses jointly at any time, which is different from the mandatory address under Article 87, as clarified in commentaries and rulings on Indian Kanoon.
While the President can send messages under Article 86(2), Parliament is not legally bound to act on them, but such messages often guide legislative priorities, in line with the Articles of Indian Constitution.
You can explore Indian Kanoon for constitutional debates, legal interpretations, and past instances where Article 86 was invoked in the functioning of Parliament under the Indian Constitution.
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