S. R. Bommai v. Union of India

S. R. Bommai v. Union of India
S. R. Bommai v. Union of India
Court	Supreme Court of India
Decided	11 March 1994
Citations	1994 AIR 1918, 1994 SCC (3), 1, JT 1994 (2)215, 1994 SCALE(2)37
Court membership
Judges sitting	Kuldip Singh; P. B. Sawant; Katikithala Ramaswamy; S. C. Agarwal; Yogeshwar Dayal; B. P. Jeevan Reddy; S. R. Pandian; A. M. Ahmadi; J. S. Verma
Keywords
	Constitution of India, Article 356

S. R. Bommai v. Union of India ([1994] 2 SCR 644 : AIR 1994 SC 1918 : (1994)3 SCC1) is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of India,^[2] where the Court discussed at length provisions of Article 356 of the Constitution of India and related issues. This case had huge impact on Centre-State Relations. The judgement attempted to curb blatant misuse of Article 356 of the Constitution of India, which allowed President's rule to be imposed over state governments.^[3] S. R. Bommai, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, is widely remembered as the champion for this landmark judgment of the Supreme Court of India, considered one of the most quoted verdicts in the country's political history.^[4]^[5]^[6]

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