Indira Gandhi challenged the High Court's decision in the Supreme Court. She was also debarred from contesting elections for 6 years. Mrs Gandhi was unseated from Parliament for misuse of official machinery in election by Judge Jag Mohan Lal Sinha of Allahabad High Court on June 12 th 1975 in a ruling on petition by irrepressible Raj Narain supported by eminent lawyer Shanti Bhushan. However, by 1975 Indian economy was in a bad shape partly resulting from 1973 oil price rise and partly due to misgovernance. The country was at a high after 1971 war and liberation of Bangladesh. Let us recall the situation at that time. Proclamation of Emergency resulted in the darkest chapter of India’s post independence period. The present young generation need to know what exactly happened during Emergency and how citizen’s fundamental rights were suspended.
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