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Given below are two statements,one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelld as Reason (R).Assertion (A): Sarkaria commission recommended that Article 356 should be sparingly used.Reason (R) : The Political parties that came :: form the Government at the centre misused the Article 356.1. (R) is true, but (A) is false2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).3. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).4. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  • The provisions regarding President's Rule have been incorporated in the Constitution of India to maintain the unity and integrity of the country, the law and order, and the proper functioning of constitutional machinery in the States. The President's Rule under Article 356 of the Constitution has been used 101 times till 2001. In some cases, the Union Government has rightly used this power for legitimate purposes, but this power has mostly been misused for partisan purposes
  • Sarkaria commission which analyzed 75 cases of President's Rule from June 1951 to May 1987, has made a to stop misuse of article 356.
  • Article 356 (President’s Rule) should be used very sparingly, in extreme cases as a last resort when all the available alternatives fail.
  • Based on the report of the Sarkaria Commission on Centre-state Relations (1988), the Supreme Court in Bommai case (1994) enlisted the situations where the exercise of power under Article 356 could be proper or improper


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