Editing Impeachment (section)

=== India===

The [[President of India|president]] and judges, including the chief justice of the [[Supreme Court of India|supreme court]] and high courts, can be impeached by the [[Parliament of India|parliament]] before the expiry of the term for violation of the Constitution. Other than impeachment, no other penalty can be given to a president in position for the violation of the Constitution under [[s:Constitution of India/Part XIX|Article 361]] of the constitution. However, a president after his/her removal can be punished for her/his already proven unlawful activity under [[Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971|disrespecting the constitution]], etc.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Act of 1971|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/pdf/Prevention_Insults_National_Honour_Act1971.pdf|access-date=2 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123231821/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/pdf/Prevention_Insults_National_Honour_Act1971.pdf|archive-date=23 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> No president has faced impeachment proceedings. Hence, the provisions for impeachment have never been tested. The sitting president cannot be charged and needs to step down in order for that to happen.