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178 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Common</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>India</strong>One may, however, recall <strong>in</strong> this connection theobservations <strong>of</strong> Sir Ivor Jenn<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong> regard to theposition <strong>of</strong> the K<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the United K<strong>in</strong>gdom <strong>and</strong> theGovernor-General <strong>in</strong> the Dom<strong>in</strong>ions which are perhaps<strong>in</strong> a substantial measure applicable to the President<strong>in</strong> the <strong>India</strong>n Constitution. " A function to beexercised on advice is not formal or automatic. <strong>The</strong>K<strong>in</strong>g or the Governor-General must be persuaded <strong>and</strong>on occasions the K<strong>in</strong>g or the Governor-General maydo the persuad<strong>in</strong>g. It is, <strong>in</strong>deed, the practice <strong>in</strong> theUnited K<strong>in</strong>gdom to consult the K<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>formally sothat he may make his views known without reject<strong>in</strong>gor suspend<strong>in</strong>g action on formal advice. In the longrun he may either accept the advice or f<strong>in</strong>d a newmethod, but his views ought to carry weight <strong>and</strong>may modify the ' advice he receives.' " <strong>The</strong> <strong>India</strong>nConstitution requires the Prime M<strong>in</strong>ister to communicateto the President all decisions <strong>of</strong> his Cab<strong>in</strong>et,furnish to him all the <strong>in</strong>formation he may call for,<strong>and</strong>, if so required by the President, submit for theconsideration <strong>of</strong> his Cab<strong>in</strong>et any matter on which adecision has been taken by a M<strong>in</strong>ister <strong>and</strong> which hasnot been considered by the Cab<strong>in</strong>et. 8 <strong>The</strong>se provisionscontemplate the Prime M<strong>in</strong>ister as represent<strong>in</strong>gthe Council <strong>of</strong> M<strong>in</strong>isters be<strong>in</strong>g the channel <strong>of</strong> communicationbetween the President on the one h<strong>and</strong><strong>and</strong> the Council <strong>of</strong> M<strong>in</strong>isters on the other. <strong>The</strong>seappear to be the means by which the President may" do the persuad<strong>in</strong>g." <strong>The</strong> close analogy betweenthe President <strong>of</strong> the <strong>India</strong>n Union as its constitutional« Ibid., Art. 78.

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