In this case, 4:1 majority bench of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of India Ajit Nath Ray, Justice Mirza Hameedullah Beg, Justice Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, and Justice P. N. Bhagwati against the lone dissenting voice of Hans Raj Khanna, legitimised the President’s order which barred people from approaching the judiciary for restoring their rights. Effectively overruling the half, a dozen high courts orders which retained the judiciary as custodian role against arbitrary arrests. The New York Times report titled with "Fading hope in India”, published April 30, 1976, stated, “The submission of an independent judiciary to absolutist government is virtually the last step...
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