Vice-President, Jagdeep Dhankhar today (August 10) lauded the judiciary’s steadfast commitment to the rule of law, while also reflecting on the Emergency period imposed in June 1975 by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. While describing the era of Emergency as the draconian darkest period since independence, Dhankhar expressed concern that during this time, even the highest levels of the judiciary, typically a formidable citadel of basic rights, yielded to the brazen dictatorial regime.‘Judiciary yielded to brazen dictatorial regime during emergency’, says Jagdeep Dhankhar
Vice-President, Jagdeep Dhankhar today (August 10) lauded the judiciary’s steadfast commitment to the rule of law, while also reflecting on the Emergency period imposed in June 1975 by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. While describing the era of Emergency as the draconian darkest period since independence, Dhankhar expressed concern that during this time, even the highest levels of the judiciary, typically a formidable citadel of basic rights, yielded to the brazen dictatorial regime.
