The president of India is the president and also the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces whilst the chosen head of state functions as the head of the exec, and also is responsible for running the Union federal government. The parliament is bicameral in nature, with the Lok Sabha being the lower residence, and the Rajya Sabha the top residence. The judiciary systematically contains an apex high court, 25 high courts, as well as a number of district courts, all inferior to the high court.
The government Of India (GOI) also referred to as the Union of India (According to Article 300 of Indian Constitution) is modelled after the Westminster system for regulating the state, the Union government is mostly made up of the exec, the legislature, and also the judiciary, in which all powers are vested by the constitution in the head of state, parliament and also the supreme court.The basic civil and criminal regulations governing the citizens of India are put down in major parliamentary legislation, such as the civil procedure code, the penal code, as well as the criminal treatment code. Comparable to the Union federal government, specific State governments each contain executive, legal and also judiciary. The legal system as applicable to the Union as well as private State federal governments is based upon the English Common and also Statutory Law. The complete name of the nation is the Republic of India. India as well as Bharat are just as main short names for the Republic of India in the Constitution, and also both names appears on lawful banknotes, in treaties and in legal instances. The terms "Union federal government", "Central federal government" and "Bhārat Sarkār" are usually made use of officially as well as unofficially to refer to the Government of India. The term New Delhi is frequently made use of as a metonym for the Union government, as the seat of the government remains in New Delhi.