<P> The independence of judiciary was severely curtailed during the Indian Emergency (1975--1977) of Indira Gandhi . The constitutional rights of imprisoned persons were restricted under Preventive detention laws passed by the parliament . In the case of Shiva Kant Shukla (Additional District Magistrate of Jabalpur v. Shiv Kant Shukla), popularly known as the Habeas Corpus case, a bench of five senior-most judges of supreme court ruled in favour of state's right for unrestricted powers of detention during the emergency . Justices A.N. Ray, P.N. Bhagwati, Y.V. Chandrachud, and M.H. Beg, stated in the majority decision: </P> <Dl> <Dd> (under the declaration of emergency) no person has any locus to move any writ petition under Art . 226 before a High Court for habeas corpus or any other writ or order or direction to challenge the legality of an order of detention . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> (under the declaration of emergency) no person has any locus to move any writ petition under Art . 226 before a High Court for habeas corpus or any other writ or order or direction to challenge the legality of an order of detention . </Dd> <P> The only dissenting opinion was from Justice H.R. Khanna, who stated: </P>

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