S. R. Bommai: Difference between revisions

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| birth_date    = {{Birth date|df=yes|1924|06|06}}

| death_date    = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2007|10|10|1924|06|06}}

| death_place  = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], India

| term_start    = 5 June 1996

| term_end      = 19 March 1998

| predecessor  = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]

| successor    = [[Murali Manohar Joshi]]

| primeminister = [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]<br/>[[I. K. Gujral]]

| office1      = 11th [[Chief Minister of Karnataka]]

| predecessor1  = [[Ramakrishna Hegde]]

| successor1    = [[President's rule]]

| spouse        = Gangamma

| occupation    =  

| signature    =  

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==Biography==

A lawyer by profession, he was elected to the [[Karnataka legislature|Karnataka Legislative assembly]] many times from the Hubballi rural constituency and was also a member of the Karnataka Legislative council from 1972 to 1978.

He along with [[Ramakrishna Hegde]], [[J. H. Patel]] and [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] — was instrumental in the [[Janata Party]] forming a government in the State for the first time in the State in 1983.<ref name=stat10>{{cite web|title=Former CM S R Bommai - the Man, Life and Career|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/printer.asp?nid=38998|publisher=Daijiworld}}</ref>  He was given the weighty portfolio of Industries in the Ramakrishna Hegde government. After Hegde quit on moral grounds, Mr. Bommai took charge as Chief Minister of the State on 13 August 1988 and his government was dismissed by the then Governor, P. Venkatasubbaiah, on 21 April 1989. The dismissal was on the grounds that his government had lost its majority following large-scale defections engineered by several Janata Party leaders of the day. Bommai had sought some time from the Governor to prove his majority on the floor of the Legislature and he was denied this. He challenged this order in the Supreme Court.<ref name=stat2>{{cite news|title=S.R. Bommai passes away|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/11/stories/2007101155711200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011220918/http://hindu.com/2007/10/11/stories/2007101155711200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 October 2007|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=11 October 2007}}</ref>

[[S. R. Bommai v. Union of India]] was a landmark judgment of the [[Supreme Court of India]], where the Court discussed at length, the provisions of [[Article 356]] of the [[Constitution of India]] and related issues. The apex court spelt out restrictions on the Centre's power to dismiss a state government under Article 356.<ref name=stat8>{{cite web|title=S.R. Bommai vs Union Of India on 11 March, 1994|url=http://indiankanoon.org/doc/141126788/|publisher=Indian Kanoon}}</ref>  This case had huge impact on Centre-State Relations. Instances of imposition of [[President's rule]] have reduced after this judgement.<ref name=stat9>{{cite web|title=Protecting secularism and federal fair play|url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1422/14220170.htm|publisher=Frontline}}</ref>

Bommai was National president of the [[Janata Dal]] from 1990 to 1996. He was elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]], two times in 1992 and 1998.<ref name=stat3>{{cite web|title=Bommai, Oscar and Naidu will make it to RS from Karnataka|url=http://inhome.rediff.com/news/1998/mar/17rsk.htm|publisher=Rediff on the net}}</ref>  In 1996, he became the Union minister for Human resource development in the United Front government and served with both the prime ministers [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] and [[I. K. Gujral]]. In 1999, after the [[Janata Dal]] split, he sided with the JD(U) faction and later formed the [[All India Progressive Janata Dal]] in 2002, as a platform for merger of different factions of Janata Dal.<ref name=stat5>{{cite news|title=Janata Dal leader Bommai floats new party|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-12-11/bangalore/27326879_1_new-party-s-r-bommai-new-outfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203060623/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-12-11/bangalore/27326879_1_new-party-s-r-bommai-new-outfit|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 December 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=11 December 2002}}</ref><ref name=stat6>{{cite news|title=JD factions float All-India Janata Dal|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-12-11/bangalore/27293850_1_bommai-new-outfit-jd-factions|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203062852/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-12-11/bangalore/27293850_1_bommai-new-outfit-jd-factions|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 December 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=11 December 2002}}</ref>  However, after large scale defections, the weakened party was finally merged with JD(U).<ref name=stat7>{{cite news|title=AIPJD agrees to merge with JDU|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-03-12/bangalore/28323449_1_aipjd-india-progressive-janata-dal-assembly-seats|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203062620/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-03-12/bangalore/28323449_1_aipjd-india-progressive-janata-dal-assembly-seats|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 December 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=12 March 2004}}</ref>

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