Multiple choice

In which of the following judgements of the Supreme Court, it has been pronounced that 'the Union Government cannot dismiss a duly elected State Government on the sole ground that the ruling party in the state suffered an overwhelming defeat in the election of the Lok Sabha'?

  1. S. R. Bommai vs. Union of India A.I.R. 1994 S.C. 1916

  2. State of Rajasthan vs. Union of India A.I.R. 1977 S.C. 1361

  3. Both 1 & 2

  4. None of the above
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Explanation

Both S.R. Bommai (1994) and State of Rajasthan (1977) judgments established that the Union Government cannot dismiss a state government solely because the ruling party lost the Lok Sabha election. This prevents political misuse of Article 356.

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