Title: Article 356 and an activist judiciary
Written by: Faizan Mustafa (Vice-Chancellor, the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) University of Law, Hyderabad.)
Topic in syllabus: Effect of Policies and Politics of Developed and Developing Countries on India’s interests, Indian Diaspora. (GS-2)
Basics: What is Article 356?
- In India, President’s rule is the suspension of state government and imposition of direct Union government rule in a state.
- Under Article 356 of the Constitution of India, in the event that a state government is unable to function according to Constitutional provisions, the Union government can take direct control of the state
machinery.
- Subsequently, executive authority is exercised through the centrally appointed governor, who has the
authority to appoint other administrators to assist them.
- In practice, President’s rule has been imposed in a state under any one of the following different circumstances: