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Constitutional questions in India : The President, parliament and the states

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Publication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2002Description: 358p xiISBN:
  • 9780195658774
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.540200 NOO-3
Contents:
Preface Introduction Section I: The President The Options When a Government Loses its Majority When Can a Budget be Deferred and When Should Parliament be Dissolved Dissolution of the Lok Sabha and Adoption of the Budget A President's Moves for Constitutional Amendment The President and the Governors British Conventions and the Indian Constitution Codifying the Conventions; The President and Ordinances The President's Powers and the Hawala Case Options in a Hung Lok Sabha Appointment of a Prime Minister: President Shankar Dayal Sharma's Lapse When a Prime Minister Resigns: Deve Gowda's Resignation President S. D. Sharma's Conclave; Appointing a Prime Minister Selecting a Prime Minister:1969-1999 Section II: Parliament Dissolution of the Lok Sabha Dissolution on Prime Minister's or Cabinet's Advice? An Irregular Dissolution The Prime Minister in the Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha: Clog or Rubber Stamp? 'Strangers' in the Rajya Sabha Parliament in Peril Inquiries by Parliamentary Committees The Speaker; Parliamentary Privileges Press Leaks and Parliamentary Privilege Defections (1967-1997) Expulsions and the Law on Defections The Speaker on the Law of Defection Resignation of Disqualified Ministers The Sub Judice Rule: Throttling Parliament President, Prime Minister and Parliament Discussing the Conduct of the President or Governor Bribing Legislators during the Raj; Bribery and MPs Bribes in Parliament: A Shocking Ruling by the Supreme Court Section III: The State The Governor Dismissing Governors Appointment of a Chief Minister Chief Minister; An Endangered Species? The States and Lok Sabha Polls President's Rule The President and the Bommai Case The Centre and Law and Order in the States: Article 355 Parliament and Law and Order in the States The Centre's Fact-finding Teams in the States The Army and Law and Order The Governor's Message to the Assembly and the Speaker Renewing President's Rule The High Court's Judgement on Renewal of President's Rule Defections, Speaker and the Governor Dismissing a Chief Minister; The UP Case Dismissing a Chief Minister: The Gujarat Case The States and Foreign Relations States and Education
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Preface
Introduction
Section I: The President
The Options When a Government Loses its Majority
When Can a Budget be Deferred and When Should Parliament be Dissolved
Dissolution of the Lok Sabha and Adoption of the Budget
A President's Moves for Constitutional Amendment
The President and the Governors
British Conventions and the Indian Constitution
Codifying the Conventions; The President and Ordinances
The President's Powers and the Hawala Case
Options in a Hung Lok Sabha
Appointment of a Prime Minister: President Shankar Dayal Sharma's Lapse
When a Prime Minister Resigns: Deve Gowda's Resignation
President S. D. Sharma's Conclave; Appointing a Prime Minister
Selecting a Prime Minister:1969-1999
Section II: Parliament
Dissolution of the Lok Sabha
Dissolution on Prime Minister's or Cabinet's Advice?
An Irregular Dissolution
The Prime Minister in the Rajya Sabha
Rajya Sabha: Clog or Rubber Stamp?
'Strangers' in the Rajya Sabha
Parliament in Peril
Inquiries by Parliamentary Committees
The Speaker; Parliamentary Privileges
Press Leaks and Parliamentary Privilege
Defections (1967-1997)
Expulsions and the Law on Defections
The Speaker on the Law of Defection
Resignation of Disqualified Ministers
The Sub Judice Rule: Throttling Parliament
President, Prime Minister and Parliament
Discussing the Conduct of the President or Governor
Bribing Legislators during the Raj; Bribery and MPs
Bribes in Parliament: A Shocking Ruling by the Supreme Court
Section III: The State
The Governor
Dismissing Governors
Appointment of a Chief Minister
Chief Minister; An Endangered Species?
The States and Lok Sabha Polls
President's Rule
The President and the Bommai Case
The Centre and Law and Order in the States: Article 355
Parliament and Law and Order in the States
The Centre's Fact-finding Teams in the States
The Army and Law and Order
The Governor's Message to the Assembly and the Speaker
Renewing President's Rule
The High Court's Judgement on Renewal of President's Rule
Defections, Speaker and the Governor
Dismissing a Chief Minister; The UP Case
Dismissing a Chief Minister: The Gujarat Case
The States and Foreign Relations
States and Education

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