NATIONAL EMERGENCY
January 24, 2021
NATIONAL EMERGENCY Subject: Polity Context: Justices N.V. Ramana and D.Y. Chandrachud of the Supreme Court on Saturday shared their personal experiences as students when the Emergency was declared in 1975. Concept: Emergency can be declared due to war / external aggression [external emergency] or armed rebellion [internal emergency]. A proclamation can be issued […]
NATIONAL EMERGENCY
December 15, 2020
Subject: Polity Context: The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether it is “feasible or desirable” to examine the validity of the proclamation of Emergency by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 45 years ago in 1975. Concept: This can be declared due to war / external aggression [external emergency] or armed rebellion [internal emergency]. […]