भारतीय राष्ट्रपतींच्या पॉकेट व्हेटो अधिकारा विषयीचे कोणते विधान चुकीचे आहे ?

The correct answer is Option B (The President has a pocket veto power in respect of a Constitutional Amendment bill).

Key Points:
• Presidential Pocket Veto and Constitutional Bounds:
• Pocket Veto (Article 111): The Constitution does not prescribe any time limit within which the President must take action on a bill. Hence, the President can simply keep the bill pending on his table indefinitely without giving assent, withholding assent, or returning it.
• 24th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1971: This amendment made it obligatory/mandatory for the President to give assent to a Constitutional Amendment Bill under Article 368.
• Therefore, the President has NO veto power (absolute, suspensive, or pocket veto) over Constitutional Amendment Bills, making Statement 2 incorrect.
• *Historical Example: * In 1986, President Giani Zail Singh exercised pocket veto on the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bill.
• Key Takeaway: President cannot use pocket veto on Constitutional Amendment bills (mandatory assent under 24th Amendment).