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S. R. Bommai v. UOI@lawforcivilservices PDF
Union of India
S C Agarwal
S. C. Agarwal
Yogeshwar Dayal
B. P. Jeevan Reddy
S. R. Pandian
A. M. Ahmadi
J. S. Verma[1]
Keywords
Background
Article 356 deals with imposition of
President's Rule over a State of India.
When a state is under President's Rule, the
elected state government (led by the Chief
Minister and the Council of Ministers) is
dismissed and Council of ministers is
suspended at legislature, and
administration is conducted directly by the
Governor of the state. The Governor is an
appointee of the President and thus,
effectively, a functionary of the Union
Government (the central or federal
government). Thus imposition of
President's Rule negates the federal
character of the Indian political system,
where administration usually is shared
between the Union and State
governments. It also militates against the
democratic doctrine of popular
sovereignty, since an elected government
is suspended. These reasons have made
use of Article 356 controversial.
Nevertheless, it was used repeatedly by
central governments to suspend state
governments (of opposite political parties)
based on genuine reasons or trumped-up
excuses.[3]
The Facts
S.R. Bommai v. Union of India came before
the bench of 9 judges (consisting of Kuldip
Singh, P. B. Sawant, Katikithala
Ramaswamy, S. C. Agarwal, Yogeshwar
Dayal, B. P. Jeevan Reddy, S. R. Pandian, A.
M. Ahmadi, J. S. Verma) under the
following circumstances:
Karnataka
Meghalaya
Nagaland
The Contentions
S. R. Bommai v. Union of India raised
serious question of law relating to
Proclamation of President's Rule and
dissolution of Legislative assemblies
according to Article 356 of the
Constitution of India.
Invalidation of Proclamation
Powers of Parliament
Elections to Legislature
pending final Disposal of case
Secularism
See also
Supreme Court of India
Article 356
Sarkaria Commission
Judicial Review
Article 74
Notes
1. "S. R. Bommai v. Union of India" .
2. Prasad, R. J. Rajendra (July 1998).
"Bommai verdict has checked misuse of
Article 356" . Cover Story: Who's afraid of
Article 356. Chennai, India: Frontline.
Retrieved 30 December 2011.
3. Arora, Shubhash (1990). President's rule
in Indian states (A study of Punjab) . India:
Mittal Publications. ISBN 81-7099-234-6.
4. "STATUTORY RESOLUTIONS RE.
APPROVAL OF PROCLAMATIONS IN
RELATION TO THE STATES OF UTTAR
PRADESH, MADHYA PRADESH, HIMACHAL
PRADESH AND RAJASTHAN" . India:
Parliament of India. 22 December 1992.
Retrieved 30 December 2011.
External links
Case details as available on Indian
Supreme Court website
Case details as available on Legal
Service India
Executive discretion and Article 356 of
the constitution of India: By K.
Jayasudha Reddy and Joy V. Joseph
Case details at indiankanoon.org
Soli J. Sorabjee, Decision of the
Supreme Court in S.R. Bommai v. Union
Of India: A Critique [1]
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