Civil Services Prepby Garima Malik & Nitin Sangwan Account

UPSC Prelims · General Studies

Polity

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Union-State relations and emergency provisions (Parts XI to XIII, XVIII)

National and financial emergency (Art. 352-354, 358-360)

Concepts to cover

  1. Grounds, Cabinet recommendation and approval (Art. 352)
  2. Effects on executive, legislative and financial relations (Art. 353-354)
  3. Suspension of Article 19 in external emergency (Art. 358)
  4. Suspension of enforcement of rights except 20 and 21 (Art. 359)
  5. Safeguards added by the 44th Amendment
  6. Threat to financial stability; approval within two months (Art. 360)
  7. Directions on salaries and reservation of money Bills (Art. 360(4))
  8. Never invoked; contrast with the other two emergencies
Where to study

The Constitution of India

  • Art. 352-354
  • Art. 358-359
  • Art. 360
  • Art. 352
  • Art. 353-354
  • Art. 358
  • Art. 359
  • Art. 352 footnotes
  • Art. 360(4)

Indian Polity · M. Laxmikanth

  • ch. 16 National Emergency
  • ch. 16 Financial Emergency