Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas

Current Context : The ministry of home affiars released a notification to declare June 25 as ‘Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas’ (Constitution Murder Day).

• Aim : to pay homage to the power of the constitution and democracy of India and commemorate the struggles caused by the imposition of the Emergency in 1975 on that day.

ABOUT EMERGENCY :

• The Emergency in India was a 21-month period from 25 June 1975 to 21 March 1977.
• On the advice of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed proclaimed a state of national emergency on 25 June 1975.
• Emergency provisions are borrowed from the Of India Act 1935.
• Indian Constitution deals emergency under Part XVIII- Articles 352 to 360.
• Three types of emergencies;
• National Emergency (Articles 352-354, 358-359)
• President’s rule (Articles 355-357)
• Financial Emergency (Article 360)
• During emergency, central government becomes all powerful and states are in the complete control of the union.