Their powers may include passing laws, establishing the government’s budget, confirming executive appointments, ratifying treaties, investigating the executive branch, impeaching and removing from office members of the executive and judiciary, and redressing constituents’ grievances.

The legislative branch is made up of the House and Senate, known collectively as the Congress. Among other powers, the legislative branch makes all laws, declares war, regulates interstate and foreign commerce and controls taxing and spending policies.

The most important power of Congress is its legislative authority; with its ability to pass laws in areas of national policy. Most of the laws which are passed down by Congress apply to the public, and on some cases private laws. The second key role of Congress falls into the way they manage their budget.

Legislature. A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. Legislatures form important parts of most governments; in the separation of powers model, they are often contrasted with the executive and judicial branches of government.

The parliamentary system of government prevalent in India is based on the principle of collective responsibility. It means that the ministers are responsible to the parliament for their policies and actions. But, the officials (administrators) cannot be held responsible to the parliament directly.

Statute law or Statutory law is a law that is created by the legislation, for e.g. the State Legislature. A statute is a formal act of the legislature in written form. A legislature is a kind of assembly with the power to pass, amend and repeal laws.

It is the process of making or enacting laws. The main function of the legislature is making and enacting of laws. The Constitution of India lays out provisions for the enactment of the law by the Parliament at the Union level. Regarding the State Legislatures, the Legislative Assembly makes the law in a State.

We now know that the Parliament is in charge of making laws.

The Parliament is the law-making body of the Union Government. The Indian legislative system is a bicameral one which means that there are two houses at the centre responsible for making laws and other deliberative functions—the Lok Sabha or the House of People and the Rajya Sabha or the Council of States.

Parliament as a law making body.

All 50 states have legislatures made up of elected representatives, who consider matters brought forth by the governor or introduced by its members to create legislation that becomes law. The legislature also approves a state’s budget and initiates tax legislation and articles of impeachment.

In order for a court to make a binding judgment on a case, it must have both subject matter jurisdiction (the power to hear the type of case) as well as personal jurisdiction (the power over the parties to the case). …