Article 359 India

ADM Jabalpur v. Shivkant Shukla (1976): India’s Darkest Constitutional Moment — Habeas Corpus, the Emergency, and a Lone Dissent

By Yash Yogitta Joshi

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Introduction The ADM Jabalpur case is the most controversial and, many say, the most shameful judgment in the history of the Supreme Court of India. Decided in April 1976, during the Emergency…