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Emergency Declaration in India: A Look Back at the Controversial Period

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New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) On June 12, 1975, the Allahabad High Court invalidated the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s election from the Rae Bareilly Parliamentary seat in Uttar Pradesh. She challenged the High Court’s decision in the Supreme Court. On June 24, while allowing her to continue as Prime Minister, Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer ordered that all privileges she received as an MP be stopped, and that she be debarred from voting. This was to continue till the resolution of her appeal.But…