സ്റ്റേറ്റ് എമർജൻസി, സാമ്പത്തിക അടിയന്തിരാവസ്ഥ ഇന്ത്യയിലെ രാഷ്ട്രപതികളുടെ പ്രത്യേകതകൾ എന്നിവയാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നത്.
- Article dealing with State emergency
Article 356
- Reasons for declaring State emergency by president
Breakdown of constitutional machinery in the state, Failure of the state to comply with or to give effect to any direction given by the centre
- How long will be a State emergency remain without parliamentary approval
Two months
- Majority in Parliament needed for approving State emergency
Simple Majority
- Majority in Parliament needed for approving National emergency
Special Majority
- Who is responsible for the executive and legislative functions of a state under State emergency
President
- Who is responsible for the functions of a state High court under State emergency
State high court
- State emergency can be extended to a maximum period of
Three years (Approval of parliament needed in every six months)
- Whenever President can revoke a State emergency
Any time
- First state to undergo State emergency
Punjab (1951 June 21)
- First state to undergo Presidential rule by dissolving elected state government using article 356
Kerala (1959 July 31)
- The State in which Presidential rule implemented most no of times
Manipur
- The State which was under Presidential rule for the longest duration
Punjab
- Article dealing with Financial emergency
Article 360
- Financial emergency declared by the president must be approved within
Two months
- Majority needed for approval of Financial emergency
Simply majority
- Emergency for which repeated approval is not needed by the Parliament
Financial emergency
- Emergency which is not declared in India so far
Financial emergency
- During Financial Emergency, money bills passed by the state should reserve for consideration of
President
- During Financial emergency, salary reduction may applicable to
All persons serving Union and state including Supreme court and High court Judges
- First President of India
Dr Rajendra Prasad
- The only person who became President of India twice
Dr Rajendra Prasad
- Longest serving President of India
Dr Rajendra Prasad
- Shortest serving President of India
Dr Zakir Hussain
- First President of India to win Bharatratna
Dr Rajendra Prasad
- First Person to win Bharatratna while in harness
Dr S Radhakrishnan
- First Prime Minister of India to win Bharatratna
Jawaharlal Nehru
- First Muslim to become President of India
Dr Zakir Hussain
- The President who translated Plato’s ‘Republic’ into the Urdu language
Dr Zakir Hussain
- The first President of India to die in Harness
Dr Zakir Hussain
- Second President of India to die in Harness
Fakrudin Ali Ahmed
- The President who is known as educational philosopher
Dr Zakir Hussain
- The President who is known as Philosopher president
Dr S Radhakrishnan
- The President who is known as Bihar Gandhi
Dr Rajendra Prasad
- The President who was elected with the largest percentage of votes in the presidential election
Dr Rajendra Prasad
- The President who was elected with the highest majority votes in the presidential election
K R Narayanan
- The President who was elected with the least majority votes in the presidential election (both in number and in percentage)
VV Giri
- In the history of presidential election the only one to get elected after counting second preferential votes
VV Giri
- The President who held the post of Governor of Kerala
VV Giri
(To be Continued…)