The Attorney General of India is the primary legal advisor to the Government of India and is the Indian government's lawyer in the Supreme Court of India. Article 76 of the Constitution of India provides for the office of the Attorney General.
Who is the Chief Legal Advisor of India?
Asked in Headmaster (Secondary School) 2018 · Topic: The Attorney General and the C.A.G. (Functions and Duties of Attorney General: Chief Legal Advisor to Government of India)
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- Who among the following shall cause the accounts of the Autonomous District and Regional Council Funds to be audited?
- Consider the following statements : (i) It shall be the duty of the Comptroller and Auditor-General to audit all receipts which are payable into the Consolidated Fund of India. (ii) The Comptroller and Auditor General shall have authority to audit and report on the accounts of stores or stock kept in any office or department of the Union or a State. Choose the correct option :
- What is/are the objectives of government audit ? There is a provision of funds for the expenditure duly authorised by the competent authority. The expenditure is in accordance with a sanction properly accorded. Payment has been made to a proper person ? Charge is correctly classified.
- Assertion (A) : The Duty of Comptroller and Auditor General is not merely to ensure the legality of expenditure but also its propriety. Reason (R) : He has to uphold the Constitution and the Laws of Parliament in the field of financial administration.
- Consider the following statements regarding the powers of the Comptroller and Auditor- General of India: 1. He has the power to audit all expenditures from the Consolidated Fund of India and the Consolidated Fund of each State and Union Territory having a Legislative Assembly. 2. He has the power to audit all expenditures from the Contingency Fund of India and the Public Account of India. 3. He has the power to audit all expenditures from the Contingency Fund of each State and the Public Account of each State. 4. He has the power to request any accounts, papers, and records relating to expenditures. Which of the statements given above are correct?
