President's Rule was imposed in Uttarakhand on 27 March 2016 and revoked on 11 May 2016. The High Court quashed it on 21 April, the Supreme Court stayed that,…
The BJP won 57 of 70 seats in March 2017 and Rawat lost both seats. The Supreme Court left open whether the proclamation was justified, and no later ruling was found. Th…
The bench recorded 33 votes out of 61 for Rawat, found no irregularity and let the Union revoke President's Rule that day. It said whether the proclamation was justified…
President's Rule was lifted from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a confidence vote. Rawat got 33 of 61 votes; nine disqualified MLAs could not vote.
On 21 April the High Court quashed the proclamation. On 22 April the Supreme Court put that judgment in abeyance, and on 27 April it cancelled the 29 April floor test.
The President signed a proclamation under Article 356 a day before the 28 March confidence vote. The Speaker disqualified the nine rebels the same day.
Nine Congress MLAs, including Vijay Bahuguna, sided with the BJP in demanding a division on the Appropriation Bill. On 19 March the Governor asked Rawat to prove his maj…
A nine-judge Supreme Court bench held that President's Rule can be reviewed by courts and that a majority is tested on the floor of the House.
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