PART XVIII EMERGENCY PROVISIONS

Article 355: Duty of the Union to protect States against external aggression and internal disturbance

It shall be the duty of the Union to protect every State against external aggression and internal disturbance and to ensure that the Government of every State is carried on in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.

Leading cases

Nandini Sundar v. State of Chhattisgarh (2011)The Court held that appointing barely literate tribal youth as Special Police Officers for counter-insurgency against Maoists violates Articles 14 and 21, and ordered the State and Union to stop using and funding them.

Questions on this article

2 questions in 2 of our papers cite Article 355.

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