The Central Council of Ministers (CoM) is the constitutional executive headed by the Prime Minister under India's parliamentary system.
Articles 74 and 75 form the core constitutional provisions governing the Council of Ministers.
Article 74 deals mainly with the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers to the President.
Article 75 covers the appointment, tenure, responsibility, oath, qualification-related requirements and salaries of ministers.
The Constitution does not prescribe the detailed working structure of the parliamentary system; much of its functioning has evolved through constitutional conventions and parliamentary practice.
Article 74: Aid and Advice to the President
Article 74 requires a Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister to aid and advise the President.
The President is constitutionally required to act in accordance with the advice of the Council of Ministers.
The President may once require reconsideration of the advice.
After reconsideration, the President must act according to the advice tendered by the Council.
Courts cannot inquire into the nature or content of the advice given by ministers to the President.
