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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.
The ADM Jabalpur case was overruled on the doctrinal grounds concerning the rights by the Puttaswamy v. Union of India delivered by a nine judge, constitutional bench of the Supreme court. At the paragraph 119 of the majority opinion the Court had ruled: [ 4 ]
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 ...
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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 ...
The process continued with the controversial appointment of Justice Beg superseding Hans Raj Khanna in 1977. After becoming Chief Justice, A.N. Ray more than shared the government's economic viewpoint – he developed an adulatory attitude towards Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. He made himself amenable to her influence by telephoning her ...
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.
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: