Government, Politics and Judiciary

Maharashtra is one of the most advanced states in India, the second most populated state and the third largest state in India. The government, politics and judiciary of Maharashtra is quite similar to those of the other states. The state of Maharashtra is governed by the Governor and the Chief Minister. The Governor is the nominal head of the state and the Chief Minister is the Head of the government. He is the head of the political party which has the maximum number of seats in the State Legislative Assembly. The State Legislative Assembly is also known as the Vidhan Sabha and it is situated in the capital city of Maharashtra, Mumbai.

The Chief Minister has all the executive powers which he can execute taking the advice of his council of ministers. The government of Maharashtra is aided by a bicameral parliament, the lower house and the upper house – the Vidhan Sabha and the Vidhan Parishad. At present the Chief Minister of Maharashtra is Vilasrao Deshmukh from the Congress Party.

The political party which holds the maximum number of seats in the Vidhan Sabha at present is the NCP which had formed the government with a coalition with the Congress. The state of Maharashtra has been nominated 19 seats in the Rajya Sabha and 48 in the Lok Sabha.

The highest judiciary in the state is the Bombay High Court which has jurisdiction over the states of Maharashtra, Goa and the Union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. There are benches of the court in the cities of Nagpur, Aurangabad and Panaji.

Maharashtra government has four commissions which takes care of separate Government departments, they are, the State Election Commission, the Maharashtra Public Service Commission, the Union Public Service Commission and the Staff Selection Commission.

Government, Politics and Judiciary of Maharashtra

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