Name: Constitutional Questions in India (The President, Parliament and the States) by A.G. Noorani - Edition 2002
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SKU: 9780195658774 Category: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, WRITS, HUMAN RIGHTS, HISTORY, PIL, IOS, POLITICAL SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY

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This volume, by a leading constitutional expert, is a collection of some of his essays in leading Indian newspapers and periodicals. It covers the politically tumultuous years between 1989 and 1999 and scrutinizes almost every constitutional problem that arose in this period. This decade witnessed political instability at the centre, it saw the decline of one-party rule in New Delhi, and it was the time when federalism and regional parties came into their own. These developments have now led to demands for a review of the constitution.

The essays in this volume deal with issues concerning the president, parliament, and the states. A.G. Noorani shows that though none of these institutions have worked satisfactorily, the panacea is not a radical overhaul of the constitution but a thorough transformation of the political culture of the country. The introduction surveys events since 1950, when the constitution came into being.

Lucidly written, extensively footnoted and with leads to other sources, this collection of essays will interest legal academics, lawyers, constitutional experts, and informed lay readers.

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