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SECTION I
Answer any six of the following in one or two sentences, any 6 of 10 12 Marks
1.State the Article and the grounds for Declaration of a National Emergency under The Constitution of India.[2]
Answer
A national emergency is declared by the President under article 352.
The grounds. The President must be satisfied that a grave emergency exists. The security of India, or of any part of it, must be threatened in one of three ways.
- War.
- External aggression.
- Armed rebellion.
The proclamation may be made even before the actual occurrence of war, aggression or rebellion, if there is imminent danger of it.
A change in 1978. Originally the third ground was "internal disturbance". The emergency of 25 June 1975 was declared on that ground. The Forty-fourth Amendment, 1978 replaced it with "armed rebellion", to prevent misuse.
Safeguards added in 1978.
- The President may proclaim it only when the Union Cabinet communicates the decision to him in writing.
- Each House must approve it within one month, by a majority of its total membership and two-thirds of those present and voting.
- It must be renewed every six months.
- The Lok Sabha may disapprove it by a simple majority, which ends it.
History. It has been declared three times: in 1962, 1971 and 1975.
Case law. In Minerva Mills Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1980 SC 1789, Justice P.N. Bhagwati observed that a proclamation under article 352 is not immune from judicial review. It may be examined if it is mala fide or based on wholly irrelevant grounds.
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