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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- ADM Jabalpur v.
- Shivkant Shukla (1976) was the Supreme Court ruling that during a Proclamation of Emergency the right to move courts for enforcement of Articles 14, 21 and 22 stood suspended.
- Why is ADM Jabalpur called the Habeas Corpus case?
- What was Justice H.R. Khanna's dissent and what did it cost him?
- How was ADM Jabalpur subsequently overturned?

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1. 28 April 1976

   Shivkant Shukla\*, AIR 1976 SC 1207 — popularly the Habeas Corpus case\* — was decided by a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on , at the heig…

2. 25 June 1975

   Shivkant Shukla\*, AIR 1976 SC 1207 — popularly the Habeas Corpus case\* — was decided by a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on 28 April 1976…

3. 27 June 1975

   By a Presidential Order under Article 359(1) issued on , the right of any person to move any court for enforcement of the rights conferred by Articles 14, 21…

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In 1976, India's Supreme Court in ADM Jabalpur held that MISA detenus could not seek habeas corpus during the Emergency; Justice H.R. Khanna's lone dissent led to his supersession as Chief Justice in 1977.

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