Union-State relations and emergency provisions (Parts XI to XIII, XVIII)
President's rule (Art. 355-357)
Practise 4 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Failure of constitutional machinery; Governor's report or otherwise (Art. 356)
- Consequences: Parliament legislates; Assembly suspended or dissolved (Art. 356-357)
- Approval, six-month extensions, one-year and three-year limits
- S. R. Bommai: judicial review and floor test
- Article 355 as the basis of intervention
Where to study
The Constitution of India
- Art. 355-357
- Art. 356
- Art. 356-357
- Art. 356(4)-(5)
- Art. 355
Indian Polity · M. Laxmikanth
- ch. 16 President's Rule
Supreme Court of India, S.R. Bommai vs Union Of India on 11 March, 1994
- judgment of 11 March 1994
NCERT Class XI Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 7: Federalism
- p. 17 'Role of Governors and President's Rule'