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Hans Raj Khanna (3 July 1912 – 25 February 2008) [1] [2] was an Indian judge, jurist and advocate who propounded the basic structure doctrine in 1973 and attempted to uphold civil liberties during the time of Emergency in India in a lone dissenting judgement in 1976.
Justice Hans Raj Khanna was the sole dissenter among the five judges. In retaliation for his dissent, he was later overlooked during the appointment of the Chief Justice. In retaliation for his dissent, he was later overlooked during the appointment of the Chief Justice.
His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalvaru & Ors. v. State of Kerala & Anr. (Writ Petition (Civil) 135 of 1970), also known as the Kesavananda Bharati judgement, was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of India that outlined the basic structure doctrine of the Indian Constitution. [2]
In Kesavananda, Justice Hans Raj Khanna propounded that the Constitution of India has certain basic features that cannot be altered or destroyed through amendments by the Parliament of India. [1] Key among these "basic features", as expounded by Justice Khanna, are the fundamental rights guaranteed to individuals by the constitution.
Hans Raj Khanna (1912–2008) Unelected: 30 July 1979 3 August 1979 4 days: Janata Party (Secular) Charan: Charan Singh: 11 Shyam Nath Kacker (born unknown) Unelected: 3 August 1979 14 January 1980 164 days: 12 P. Shiv Shankar (1929–2017) MP for Secunderabad: 14 January 1980 15 January 1982 2 years, 1 day: Indian National Congress (I) Indira ...
Seervai is best known for his 1967 analysis, the Constitutional Law of India – a Critical Commentary.This work contributed significantly to Kesavananda Bharati vs.The State of Kerala (1973), his most famous case, which led to the development of the "Basic structure doctrine", which inhibits politically motivated changes to the Constitution of India.
Sanjiv Khanna, the incumbent chief justice of India, since 11 November 2024 The chief justice of India is the highest-ranking officer of the Indian judiciary and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of India. As head of the Supreme Court, the chief justice is responsible for the allocation of cases and appointment of constitutional benches which deal with important matters of law. In ...
The legal question hinged on the citizen's right to judicial scrutiny for arrests under emergency. The five seniormost judges of the Supreme court heard the case, and four aligned with the government view that even the right to life stood suspended during emergency (only dissent was H. R. Khanna). In his April 1976 decision, Justice Beg observed: