Overview

• Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said the Supreme Court’s 1976 ADM Jabalpur ruling overruled nine high court judgments and legitimized authoritarianism during the Emergency.
• He labeled the verdict the darkest in judicial history and noted that it declared all fundamental rights suspended under Article 21.
• Dhankhar accused President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed of failing to seek advice from the full council of ministers when signing the 1975 Emergency proclamation.
• The vice president cited the rapid detention of over 100,000 citizens within hours of the Emergency declaration as evidence of judicial and executive excess.
• The ADM Jabalpur decision was issued by a five-judge Constitution Bench that split 4-1, with Justice HR Khanna dissenting in defense of inherent rights.