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Under Article 352, a National Emergency proclamation must be approved by Parliament within 1 month, and can be revoked by Lok Sabha passing a resolution by ______ majority, ensuring continuous democratic oversight.
- simple
- special
- two-thirds
- unanimous
Answer: simple
Democratic oversight of Emergency: (a) Constitutional provision: Emergency can be revoked by Lok Sabha passing resolution by simple majority, (b) 44th Amendment safeguard (1978): One-tenth of Lok Sabha members can requisition special meeting to consider revocation resolution, (c) Rationale: (i) Democratic oversight: Enable legislative check on Emergency continuation; prevent executive from perpetuating Emergency without Parliamentary consent, (ii) Political accountability: Government must justify Emergency continuation to Parliament, people, (iii) Prevent misuse: Prevents ruling party from imposing indefinite Emergency without broad support, (d) Applications: (i) Post-1978: Mechanism ensures Emergency reflects ongoing democratic consensus, not executive whim, (ii) Political accountability: Enhances democratic legitimacy of Emergency measures, (e) Illustrates democratic oversight: Revocation mechanism ensures Emergency subject to continuous democratic scrutiny; balance between crisis response capacity and prevention of political misuse.