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ARTICLE 356 OF THE CONSTITUTION
President's rule can be imposed in Punjab, Governor warns CM Bhagwant MannPunjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit has warned Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann that he could recommend President's rule in the state and initia...
Article 370, Constitution very flexible: Justice Sanjiv KhannaA five-member constitution bench of Supreme Court is considering a clutch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370. Speaking ...
From Nehru to dynasty politics, PM Modi's brutal critique on oppositionPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took a dig at Congress while replying on Motion of Thanks on President's Address amidst slogan-sho...
Abrogation of Article 370 unconstitutional, people of J&K bypassed: Petitioners to SCA 5-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice N V Ramana, which commenced hearing on batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validit...
Maharashtra under President's rule for 3rd time in 59-year historyArt 356, under which Prez's rule is imposed in state, deals with failure of constitutional machinery in state.
President's rule imposed in Maharashtra amid political impasseThe Union Cabinet had earlier in the day recommended President's rule in the state after Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari submitted a report ...
Governor recommends President's rule in MaharashtraAs per a tweet from Koshyari's office, "He is satisfied that the govt cannot be carried on in accordance with the Constitution, (and theref...
Rajya Sabha approves extension of President's Rule in Jammu and KashmirEarlier in the year, citing security considerations, the Election Commission held a three-phase election for the Anantnag Lok Sabha seat in...
Uttarakhand floor test verdict 'slap' on face of Narendra Modi government: CPIAccusing the BJP-led central government of misusing Article 356 for "narrow political" purposes, the Left party said the provision needs to...
Proclamation of President's rule in Uttarakhand placed in ParliamentIn Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Pratap Rudy also laid a copy of the Uttarakhand Appropriation (Vote on Acco...
Supreme Court nominally signs off on Uttarakhand President's Rule issueThe extensive misuse of Article 356 was examined in detail in the 1,600-page Sarkaria Commission report which made several important recomm...
President's decision is subject to judicial review: Uttarakhand HCThis observation was made after the Centre contended that the President's understanding of the material before him would be different from ...
Centre inducting chaos, taking away power of elected governments: Uttarakhand High CourtThe bench was hearing arguments on the petition challenging imposition of President's rule filed by the ousted Chief Minister Harish Rawat ...
Imposition of President's rule can be liable to misuse: Pranab MukherjeePresident Mukherje said that the imposition of President's rule can be liable to misuse but procedural changes over the years have somewhat...
- Punchi safeguards to prevent Art 356’s misuse
The commission on Centre-state relations headed by former Chief Justice of India M M Punchi - which submitted its report on Monday - has de...
- CPM now thinks there’s some merit in Article 356
CPM appears to have given up its aversion for Article 356. The party has hinted that it was open to a relook at the provision on dismissing...
- CPM’s double standards on Article 356 exposed
Refuting its earlier stand on Article 355 and 356, the CPM on Friday said that it was only against the “misuse of Article 356” and recalled...