Article 365

Part XIX — Miscellaneous · Constitution of India

Article 365

Effect of failure to comply with, or to give effect to, directions given by the Union. Where any State has failed to comply with, or to give effect to, any directions given in the exercise of the executive power of the Union under any of the provisions of this Constitution, it shall be lawful for the President to hold that a situation has arisen in which the Government of the State cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.

In plain wordsIf a state refuses to follow lawful directions from the central government, the President can hold that the state's government cannot be carried on according to the Constitution. In practice this opens the door to President's Rule under Article 356.

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