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The High Court is the highest judicial body in the State. At present, there

are 18 High Courts in India. Some High Courts look after the work of
more than one State. Out of 8 Union Territories, only Delhi has a High

Court. Every district in the State has District Courts and Lower Courts
in other towns and cities.

• Critical thinking

Fill in the blanks with information from the text.

1. In India, we have Union Territories.
2. The Central Government looks after the .
3. The main law-making body in India is the .
4. India has constituencies.

The State Government
Like the Union Government for the whole country, every state in India has

a Legislative Assembly. The Governor is the head of the State Government.
The President of India appoints the Governor on the recommendations

of the Union Cabinet. The Governor is also appointed for five years.

Every person, who is more than 18 years of age, and is the resident of a

state has the right to elect the members of the State Legislative Assembly.
He is also called MLA. The members are elected for a term of five years.

The political party which has won the maximum number of seats in the
Assembly election, has the right to form the State Government. Its leader

is invited by the Governor to form the State Cabinet of Ministers. The
leader is appointed as the Chief Minister.

The Speaker is elected by the members of the State Legislative Assembly.
The Speaker is the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly. Some states
also have Legislative Councils.

AT ONE GO

 India is a Union of 28 States and 8 Union Territories.
 The Constitution of India provides for Central and State Governments.

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