Consider the provisions of Article 371H concerning Arunachal Pradesh: 1. The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh has a special responsibility with respect to law and order. 2. In discharge of this function, the Governor consults the Council of Ministers but exercises individual judgment. 3. This special responsibility ceases automatically after ten years from statehood. Which of the statements given above are correct?

💡 Solution & Explanation

Statement 1 and 2 are correct because Article 371H mandates that the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh shall have special responsibility with respect to law and order, and in the discharge of this responsibility, the Governor exercises individual judgment after consulting the Council of Ministers. Statement 3 is incorrect because the Constitution does not prescribe a rigid automatic ten-year sunset clause for this gubernatorial power; it continues until the President directs otherwise. Arunachal Pradesh attained statehood via the State of Arunachal Pradesh Act, 1986.