This book is a study of the law and practice of states of emergency
in India since independence. The analysis is set in the context of
both legal provisions and international norms and makes extensive
reference to national and international case law including decisions,
resolutions and determinations of relevant United Nations
bodies. While tracing the origins of the appropriate constitutional
provisions, the author elaborates on the various laws and measures
adopted on three occasions when these provisions were invoked to
deal with real or perceived threats to the security and integrity of
India. It also offers a comprehensive treatment of a fourth, de facto,
resort to emergency powers in the late 1980s and early 1990s when
separatist movements in Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir and the northeastern
states led to large-scale acts of insurgency and violence.
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