{"id":37226,"date":"2025-02-12T19:53:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T14:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=37226"},"modified":"2025-08-18T14:47:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T09:17:45","slug":"manipur-unrest-raises-the-question-of-president-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/12-02-2025\/manipur-unrest-raises-the-question-of-president-rule","title":{"rendered":"Manipur Unrest Raises the Question of President\u2019s Rule\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/ Polity and Governance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The resignation of the Chief Minister of Manipur has loomed the possibility of President\u2019s Rule in the state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Article 356 of the Constitution<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Article 356<\/strong> empowers the President of India to impose <strong>President\u2019s Rule <\/strong>in a state when governance cannot be carried out as per constitutional provisions.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This typically follows a report from the Governor, stating that the state machinery has failed.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The President issues a proclamation that transfers the state government\u2019s functions to the Centre and the state legislature\u2019s powers to Parliament.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The judiciary, especially the <strong>High Court, continues to function<\/strong> without interference.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The proclamation remains<strong> valid for up to two months<\/strong> but must be <strong>approved by both Houses of Parliament<\/strong> to extend further.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If approved, the <strong>Rule can last for six months<\/strong> and be extended in increments of six months, up to a maximum of<strong> three years.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>President\u2019s Rule in India<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Since the adoption of the Constitution,<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/10-02-2023\/article-356-of-the-indian-constitution\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/10-02-2023\/article-356-of-the-indian-constitution\">Article 356<\/a> <\/strong>has been invoked<strong> 134 times <\/strong>across various states and Union Territories.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Manipur and Uttar Pradesh<\/strong> have seen its imposition the most, at ten times each. However, some states and UTs have spent longer durations under central control than others.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Other states, like <strong>Jammu and Kashmir or Punjab<\/strong>, might have had fewer instances but longer periods of central rule due to specific circumstances like prolonged political instability or security concerns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>S R Bommai v Union of India (1994) Case<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Supreme Court, in the landmark <strong>S R Bommai v. The Union of India<\/strong> case placed restrictions on the misuse of<strong> Article 356.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The judgment established that;\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The President&#8217;s decision is subject to <strong>judicial review.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Courts can strike down the imposition if found illegal, malafide, or based on extraneous considerations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The state legislature alone would be suspended, and the executive and other arms of governance would continue unless Parliament ratified the proclamation within two months.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Emergency Provisions<\/strong><br>&#8211; <strong>Part XVIII <\/strong>of the Constitution speaks of emergency provisions.&nbsp;<br>1. The emergency provisions can be classified into three categories:&nbsp;<br>(a). <strong>Articles 352, 353, 354, 358, and 359 <\/strong>which relate to National emergency,<br>(b). <strong>Articles 355, 356, and 357 <\/strong>which deal with the imposition of President\u2019s rule in States in a certain situation and,&nbsp;<br>(c). <strong>Article 360<\/strong> which speaks of financial emergency.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Way Ahead<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>President&#8217;s Rule, while a constitutionally sanctioned instrument, remains a debatable issue in Indian politics.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The ongoing debate surrounding its application, as seen in the Manipur situation, underscores the need for a balanced approach, ensuring both the stability of state governments and the preservation of constitutional values.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-law\/presidents-rule-manipur-what-is-the-provision-history-9830266\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>IE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The resignation of the Chief Minister of Manipur has loomed the possibility of President\u2019s Rule in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37226"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51464,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37226\/revisions\/51464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}