ADM Jabalpur v. Shivkant Shukla (1976): India’s Darkest Constitutional Moment — Habeas Corpus, the Emergency, and a Lone Dissent
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…
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Indira Nehru Gandhi v. Raj Narain (1975): Free Elections, the Emergency, and How the Basic Structure Doctrine Saved Indian Democracy
Introduction The Indira Nehru Gandhi v. Raj Narain case is one of the most politically charged constitutional judgments in Indian history. In June 1975, just weeks before the infamous Emergency was…
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Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala (1973): The Most Important Constitutional Case India Has Ever Seen
Introduction The Kesavananda Bharati case is, without question, the single most important constitutional judgment in India’s legal history. Decided by a 13-judge bench — the largest…
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R.C. Cooper v. Union of India (1970): The Bank Nationalisation Case That Shook India’s Economic Constitution
Introduction When the Indian government nationalised fourteen major private banks overnight through a Presidential Ordinance in July 1969, it sparked one of the most important constitutional…
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