5. Important Constitutional Bodies
• AGI – Attorney General of India
• CAG – Comptroller and Auditor General of India
• Election Commission
• Finance Commission
• National Commissions for SCs and STs
• UPSC
6. Statutory Bodies
Statutory bodies are established by acts which Parliament
and State Legislatures can pass
These are non-constitutional bodies as they do not find
any mention in the Constitution
7. Important Statutory Bodies
• Securities & Exchange Board of India
• National Human Rights Commission
• National Commission for Women
• National Commission for Minorities
• National Green Tribunal
• Armed Forces Tribunal
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• Unique Identification Authority of India
• Central Vigilance Commission
• Commission for Air Quality Management in the National
Capital Region (NCR) and Adjoining Areas
• National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
• Competition Commission of India
10. Regulatory Bodies
• Regulatory bodies are public or government agencies
responsible for exercising autonomous authority over
some area of human activity in a regulatory or
supervisory capacity
11. Features of RB
• Some regulatory bodies are independent
• Set up to enforce safety and standards
• Charge of establishing
• Established by legislative acts
12. Important Regulatory Bodies
• RBI
• Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
(IRDAI)
• Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority
(PFRDA)
• National Housing Bank (NHB)
• Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
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• Central Board of Film Certification
• Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
• Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
• Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
14. Executive Bodies
• They are formed by executive resolution or action, which
means that they are formed by the government’s action
only
• They can be converted into a statutory body by enacting
a law
• Not mentioned in the Constitution
• Not established by an act of Parliament
15. List of Executive Bodies
• NITI Aayog
• National Development Council
• Central Beurau of Investigation
16. Judicial Bodies
Judicial bodies are courts in India. Their chief objective is
to provide justice by following the laws of the land
Judicial Bodies :
1.Supreme Court of India
2.High Court of India
17. Quasi-judicial Bodies
• A quasi-judicial body can be an individual or body with
powers resembling a court of law
• A single body can be a statutory, regulatory, and quasi-
judicial body
18. Features
• Can adjudicate and decide penalties on the guilty
• Field is limited compared to a court
• Can be tribunals for a specific domain, or like an
arbitrator
19. Adjudicating Powers of Q-J Bodies
• Breach of discipline
• Trust in money matters or otherwise
• Conduct rules
20. List of Q-J Bodies
• National Green Tribunal
• Central Information Commission
• National Human Rights Commission
• Tribunal
• SEBI
21. Difference between Judicial and Quasi-
judicial Bodies
• Judicial decisions are bound by precedent in common
law, whereas quasi-judicial decisions are generally not
• Judicial decisions may create new laws, but quasi-
judicial decisions are based on existing law
• Quasi-judicial needn’t adhere to strict judicial rules (of
procedure and evidence)
• Quasi-judicial bodies can hold formal hearings only if
they are mandated to do so as per their governing laws
22. “
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அறனிழுக்கா தல்லவை நீக்கி மறனிழுக்கா
மானம் உவைய தரசு
ஆட்சி முவறக்கு உரிய அறத்தில் தைறாமல் அறமல்லாதைற்வற நீக்கி
வீரத்தில் குவறபைாத மானத்வத உவையைனன சிறந்த அரசன் ஆைான்.
He is a king who, with manly modesty, swerves not from virtue, and
refrains from vice.