Constitution Section 89 — The Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Council of States

Part V — THE UNION — Officers of Parliament

Constitutional

Summary

The Vice-President of India automatically serves as the Chairman of the Council of States. The Council of States must select one of its own members to be the Deputy Chairman, and whenever that position becomes empty, the Council must choose another member to fill it.

Official Text

(1) The Vice- President of India shall be ex officio Chairman of the Council of States.

(2) The Council of States shall, as soon as may be, choose a member of the Council to be Deputy Chairman thereof and, so often as the office of Deputy Chairman becomes vacant, the Council shall choose another member to be Deputy Chairman thereof.