Question
Evaluate any three consequences of the emergency imposed in $1975$.
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Answer
In May $1977$, the Janata Party government appointment a Commission of Inquiry headed by Justice J.C. Shah, retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, to inquire “into several aspects of allegations of abuse of authority, excesses and malpractices committed and action taken in the wake of the Emergency proclaimed on the $25^{th}$ June, $1975$”. The Commission examined various kinds of evidence and called scores of witnesses to give testimonies.
- The govt. made extensive use of Preventive Detention. Around one Lakh eleven thousand people were arrested under this law. The arrested political workers were not allowed to challenge their arrest through Habeas Corpus.
- Newspapers were asked to get prior approval for all material to be published. This is known as press censorship. In other words serve restriction were imposed on press sometimes without legal sanctions.
- General manager of Delhi Power Supply Corporation was given verbal order to cut electricity to all newspaper and presses from $2:00$ am on $26^{th}$ June, $1975$. Electricity was restored $2$ to $3$ days later after censorship apparatus was set-up.
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