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The case that shook India : the verdict that led to the emergency / Prashant Bhushan

By: Publisher: Gurgaon : Penguin, 2017Description: xx, 314 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780670090051 (hbk.)
  • 0670090050 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.5407 BUS
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Contents:
Introduction 1 PRELIMINARY COURT PROCEEDINGS 1. From Electoral Battle to Court Battle 2. The Petition 3. The PM in Court 2 IN THE HIGH COURT 4. The Petitioner’s Opening Arguments 5. The Attorney-General Defends the Amendment 6. The PM’s Counsel 7. The Petitioner’s Rejoinder 8. The Verdict 3 THE REPERCUSSIONS 9. Rumblings after the Judgment 10. The Stay Order 11. Law? What law? 4 VALIDITY OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 12. ‘It Destroys Democracy’ 13. ‘PM Can Be above the Law’ 14. ‘Amendment Is Like a Firman’ 15. Emergency Measure or Tranquillizer? 5 VALIDITY OF THE ELECTION LAW AMENDMENTS 16. Rules of the Game Changed Retrospectively 17. ‘Rules Not Changed, Merely Clarified’ 18. ‘Parliament Cannot Interpret the Law’ 19. The Supreme Court Judgment 20. Epilogue: From Court Battle to Electoral Battle APPENDICES 1. Testimony of Yashpal Kapoor 2. Testimony of Mrs Indira Gandhi 3. The Supreme Court Reviews the Kesavananda Bharati Case 4. Review Application against Justice Beg’s Judgment 5. The Representation of People Act, 1951—Part VII, Section 123 6. The Representation of People (Amendment) Act, 1974—No. 58 of 1974 7. The Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 1975—No. 40 of 1975 8. The Constitution (Thirty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1975 Footnotes 2. The Petition 3. The PM in Court 4. The Petitioner’s Opening Arguments 5. The Attorney-General Defends the Amendment 6. The PM’s Counsel 9. Rumblings after the Judgment 11. Law? What law? 12. ‘It Destroys Democracy’ 13. ‘PM Can Be above the Law’ 14. ‘Amendment Is Like a Firman’ 15. Emergency Measure or Tranquillizer? 16. Rules of the Game Changed Retrospectively 19. The Supreme Court Judgment 1. Testimony of Yashpal Kapoor 3. The Supreme Court Reviews the Kesavananda Bharati Case
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Introduction 1
PRELIMINARY COURT PROCEEDINGS
1. From Electoral Battle to Court Battle
2. The Petition
3. The PM in Court 2
IN THE HIGH COURT
4. The Petitioner’s Opening Arguments
5. The Attorney-General Defends the Amendment
6. The PM’s Counsel
7. The Petitioner’s Rejoinder
8. The Verdict 3
THE REPERCUSSIONS
9. Rumblings after the Judgment
10. The Stay Order
11. Law? What law? 4
VALIDITY OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
12. ‘It Destroys Democracy’
13. ‘PM Can Be above the Law’
14. ‘Amendment Is Like a Firman’
15. Emergency Measure or Tranquillizer? 5
VALIDITY OF THE ELECTION LAW AMENDMENTS
16. Rules of the Game Changed Retrospectively
17. ‘Rules Not Changed, Merely Clarified’
18. ‘Parliament Cannot Interpret the Law’
19. The Supreme Court Judgment
20. Epilogue: From Court Battle to Electoral Battle
APPENDICES
1. Testimony of Yashpal Kapoor
2. Testimony of Mrs Indira Gandhi
3. The Supreme Court Reviews the Kesavananda Bharati Case
4. Review Application against Justice Beg’s Judgment
5. The Representation of People Act, 1951—Part VII, Section 123
6. The Representation of People (Amendment) Act, 1974—No. 58 of 1974
7. The Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 1975—No. 40 of 1975
8. The Constitution (Thirty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1975
Footnotes
2. The Petition
3. The PM in Court
4. The Petitioner’s Opening Arguments
5. The Attorney-General Defends the Amendment
6. The PM’s Counsel
9. Rumblings after the Judgment
11. Law? What law?
12. ‘It Destroys Democracy’
13. ‘PM Can Be above the Law’
14. ‘Amendment Is Like a Firman’
15. Emergency Measure or Tranquillizer?
16. Rules of the Game Changed Retrospectively
19. The Supreme Court Judgment
1. Testimony of Yashpal Kapoor
3. The Supreme Court Reviews the Kesavananda Bharati Case