Consider the following statements with reference to veto powers of President of India:

1. The Constitution does not prescribe any time-limit in case of a pocket veto.

2. The President has no veto power in the constitutional amendment bill.

3. The President does not possess the suspensive veto in case of money bills.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Correct option is D

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• A bill passed by the parliament becomes an act when the President gives assent to it. 

• The President of India is vested with three veto powers - Absolute, Suspensive and Pocket veto.

• The pocket veto means when the President neither rejects nor ratifies nor returns the bill, but simply keeps the bill for an indefinite time period (Constitution does not prescribe any time-limit). Hence statement 1 is correct.

•  In case of a constitutional amendment bill, the president has no veto power. The President has to give his assent to the constitutional amendment bill passed by the Parliament. Hence statement 2 is correct.

• The suspensive veto means when a bill is returned by the President for the reconsideration of the Parliament. However, if the bill is passed again, with or without any changes, by the Parliament then the President has to give assent to the bill. The President does not possess this power in case of the Money Bills. Hence statement 3 is correct.

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