Question

What is article 356 associated with??

Answer 1

Under Article 356 of the Constitution of India, in the event that a state government is unable to function according to constitutional provisions, the Central government can take direct control of the state machinery.

Answer 2

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Article 356, also known as President's rule deals with "Failure of constitutional machinery in the State".

It is also sometimes called State Emergency or Constitutional Emergency even though the constitution doesn't call it by any of that name.

Article 356 of the Constitution of India, which deals with presidential discretionary powers of emergency, has long been the favored topic of political debate.

What it means that when there is failure of constitutional machinery or a democratically elected government is unable to form government, mainly due to lack of majority, the state is governed by Central Government, through Governor of the state.

If Article 356 (or article 92 for J&k) is invoked then the state comes under direct control of central government with executive authority exercised through governor.

Article 356 in the Constitution gives the Central Government the right to recommend President’s Rule if the “the situation has arisen in which the government of the state cannot be carried on”. But, it has almost always been used to sack a state government headed by the party in power in Central Government.

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