: Supreme Court agrees to examine if it can decide on Emergency’s constitutional validity #IndiaNEWS The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea on whether or not it can examine the constitutional

Supreme Court agrees to examine if it can decide on Emergency’s constitutional validity #IndiaNEWS
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea on whether or not it can examine the constitutional validity of the national Emergency declared in 1975 by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, reported Live Law. The Supreme Court was hearing a plea filed by 94-year-old Vera Sarin, who sought that the presidential notification proclaiming the 1975 national Emergency be deemed unconstitutional. She also sought a compensation to the tune of Rs 25 crore, according to Live Law. In a notice issued to the Centre on Monday, a bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy, however, mentioned that they will only look into the matter on whether a proclamation, like that of the Emergency can be probed “after such a long time???. The court asked the petitioner to amend her plea by December 18. In her plea, Sarin submitted that she along with her husband were compelled to leave the country for fear of being jailed, Bar and Bench reported. She said that her husband was “framed under??? Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 and Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators Act, 1976. The petitioner said that their movable and immovable properties worth “crores of rupees were also seized and there has been no...Read more

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