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"Congress' arrogance, greed for power attempted to crush Constitution": Amit Shah marks Samvidhan Hatya DiwasUnion Minister Amit Shah on Thursday targeted Congress on the anniversary of the proclamation of the 1975 Emergency, calling it a period of...- Over 1.07 cr people sterilised during Emergency, highly exceeding govt's targetDuring the Emergency period of 1975-77, over 1.07 crore people were sterilised, exceeding the government's target of 67.40 lakh. The Indira...
- Indira imposed Emergency as per constitutional provisions, lifted it on time: Sanjay RautShiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut has criticized the BJP for observing 'Samvidhan Hatya Divas'. He defends Indira Gandhi's Emergency impos...
- Emergency horrible mistake, darkest period for liberty: Legal expertsLegal experts denounce the 1975 Emergency as a "horrible mistake" and a "darkest period" for Indian liberty, highlighting its profound impa...
- Ordinance raj during Emergency: 48, including 5 to amend MISA, promulgatedDuring the Emergency in India, the Indira Gandhi government issued numerous ordinances, including amendments to the MISA, granting broad de...
- Delhi HC dismisses PIL challenging Centre's decision to declare June 25 as 'Samvidhan Hatya Diwas'The Delhi High Court dismissed a plea against the Centre's declaration of June 25 as "Constitution Murder Day," commemorating the 1975 Emer...
- 1975 Emergency explained: A look back at India's 'dark days of democracy'; Govt designates day as 'Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas'1975 Emergency: In a significant move, the Government of India has designated June 25 as "Constitution Murder Day" to mark the 1975 Emergen...
- SC may examine if 1975 emergency should be declared ‘Unconstitutional’A three-judge bench, led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, told senior advocate Harish N Salve that it was not inclined to open all aspects of...
- SC notice to Centre on plea seeking to declare 1975 Emergency as “wholly unconstitutional”While agreeing to hear the plea, a bench headed by Justice S K Kaul said the apex court would also examine whether it is "feasible or desir...
- SC to hear next week plea of 94-yr-old woman seeking to declare 1975 emergency as unconstitutionalThe plea, which has also sought compensation of Rs 25 crores from the authorities who had actively participated in the “unconstitutional ac...
- Parliamentary amendments to provisions of emergency are product of experiences: SCThe apex court also said pursuant to the Forty-fourth amendment to the Constitution in 1978 that sought to limit recourse to emergency powe...
- Sonia had no qualms about Emergency, Maneka knew of Sanjay's acts, says Indira's aide RK DhawanHe also said that Indira Gandhi was unaware of the excesses of Emergency like forced sterilizations and the Turkman Gate demolitions
- Indira Gandhi had ordered for polls in 1977 on Intelligence report prediction: RK DhawanDhawan also said that it was the then West Bengal chief minister Siddhartha Shankar Ray who was the "architect" of Emergency.
- Indira Gandhi was not aware of Emergency provisions: Pranab MukherjeeThese details are revealed by the President in his book "The Dramatic Decade: the Indira Gandhi Years" that has just been released.
- Law commission recommends to repeal special article introduced by Indira Gandhi during emergencyThe special provision was brought in to nullify the general procedure for disputing an election by presenting an election petition to the h...
- Emergency taught me some compromises are not possible: Arun JaitleyJaitley said "this monstrosity" is perhaps the "worst" post Independence chapter of the Indian democracy.
- Gujarat unrest inspired JP's Bihar Movement that led to EmergencyThe student uprising against the Chimanbhai Patel government in Gujarat had inspired Jayaprakash Narayan's 'Bihar Movement'.
- No Emergency records traced in PMO even after thorough searchEven after a thorough search, the documents pertaining to imposition of Emergency could not be traced in Prime Minister's Office records, L...
- Central Information Commission asks Prime Minister's Office to retrieve emergency recordsCentral Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to retrieve and preserve the relevant files.
- VP still anti-CongressFormer Prime Minister VP Singh may be busy cobbling together an anti-Samajwadi Party, anti-BJP front in Uttar Pradesh, but Mulayam Singh Ya...
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