{"id":18054,"date":"2025-02-14T07:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T01:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=18054"},"modified":"2025-04-05T08:22:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T02:52:30","slug":"article-356","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/article-356\/","title":{"rendered":"Article 356 of the Indian Constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Article 356 of the Indian Constitution Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Four days after the Manipur Chief Minister resigned, President\u2019s Rule was imposed in the northeastern State that has been affected by ethnic violence for the past two years.<\/p>\n<h2>About Article 356<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Article 356 of the Indian Constitution pertains to the <strong>imposition of President\u2019s rule over<\/strong> a certain <strong>state or Union territory.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>derived from the Government of India Act of 1935.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This is of <strong>two types:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>If the <strong>President receives a report from the state&#8217;s Governor<\/strong> or is otherwise convinced or <strong>satisfied that the state&#8217;s situation<\/strong> is such that the <strong>state government cannot carry on the governance according to<\/strong> the provisions of the <strong>Constitution<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Article 365:<\/strong> As per this Article, President&#8217;s Rule can be imposed<strong> if any state fails to comply<\/strong> with all <strong>directions given by the Union<\/strong> on matters it is empowered to.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In simple words, the President&#8217;s Rule is when the <strong>state government is suspended <\/strong>and the <strong>central government directly administers the state through <\/strong>the office of the <strong>governor <\/strong>(centrally appointed).<\/li>\n<li>It is also called a <strong>State Emergency or Constitutional Emergency.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Parliamentary approval is necessary<\/strong> for the imposition of President&#8217;s Rule in any state.\n<ul>\n<li>The proclamation of President&#8217;s Rule <strong>should be approved in both Houses<\/strong> of Parliament <strong>within two months of its issue.<\/strong> The approval is<strong> by a simple majority.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The President&#8217;s Rule is <strong>initially valid for six months<\/strong>. It can be <strong>extended up to three years <\/strong>with <strong>parliamentary approval every six months<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>44th Amendment <\/strong>to the Constitution (1978) brought in some constraints on the imposition of the President&#8217;s Rule beyond a period of one year. It says that P<strong>resident&#8217;s Rule cannot be extended beyond one year unless:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>There is a <strong>national emergency in India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Election Commission o<\/strong>f India certifies that <strong>it is necessary to continue <\/strong>the President&#8217;s Rule in the state <strong>because of difficulties in conducting assembly elections<\/strong> in the state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>What happens after the President&#8217;s Rule is imposed?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>President takes up the functions of the state government,<\/strong> the Governor and any other executive authority in the state.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>state will be administered by the Governor <\/strong>on behalf of the President.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Governor <\/strong>will also <strong>take the help of the chief secretary<\/strong> of the state or advisors appointed by the President.<\/li>\n<li>The powers of the <strong>state legislature<\/strong> are also assumed by the President by <strong>either suspending or dissolving it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Parliament passes the state bills and budget <\/strong>when the legislative assembly is suspended or dissolved under the President&#8217;s rule.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Parliament delegates law-making powers to the Presidentor any other authority<\/strong> specified by he\/she in this regard.<\/li>\n<li>The President or a delegated authority makes laws and also imposes a duty upon the Centre, its officers and its authorities.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>President can sanction funds <\/strong>for expenditure from the State Consolidated Fund and also <strong>pass ordinances, subject to Parliament&#8217;s approval.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>These powers can also be exercised when the Lok Sabha is not in session, subject to sanction by Parliament.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A law or rule made<\/strong> for the state <strong>during this time continues to remain in force <\/strong>even <strong>after the end of the President&#8217;s rule<\/strong>. It <strong>can be repealed, amended, or re-enacted by the new state legislature.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The imposition of the President&#8217;s rule d<strong>oes not affect the fundamental rights<\/strong> of citizens, unlike the National Emergency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Revocation of the President&#8217;s Rule:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>President&#8217;s Rule can be<strong> revoked anytime <\/strong>after such a proclamation has been made <strong>by a subsequent proclamation by the President.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A proclamation of revocation <strong>does not require approval by Parliament.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Article 356 of the Indian Constitution FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What is the difference between article 352 and Article 356?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Article 352 deals with Proclamation of Emergency due to war, external aggression, or armed rebellion, while Article 356 deals with President&#8217;s Rule in a state when the constitutional machinery fails at the state level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What is the case law of Article 356?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. The key case law related to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution is the S.R. Bommai v. Union of India (1994) case, which is a landmark judgment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What is the difference between Article 356 and 365?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Article 356 deals with the imposition of the President&#8217;s Rule in a state due to failure of constitutional machinery, while Article 365 allows the President to intervene if a state fails to comply with directives from the central government.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/manipur\/presidents-rule-imposed-in-manipur\/article69215923.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article 356 of the Indian Constitution pertains to the imposition of President\u2019s rule over a certain state or Union territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}