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India · 1978Post-Emergency constitutional correction and Maneka Gandhi expand civil liberties

Under the Janata government, 1978 was marked by post-Emergency course correction: Parliament passed the Forty-fourth Amendment Bill, MISA was repealed, and the Maneka Gandhi judgment transformed Article 21. High-denomination notes were demonetised to curb unaccounted wealth.

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Key figures

Morarji Desai — Prime Minister leading the Janata government during the passage of the 44th Amendment Bill and the 1978 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy — President of India from July 1977Justice P.N. Bhagwati — authored a leading opinion in Maneka Gandhi, expanding Article 21Justice J.C. Shah — chaired the Shah Commission on Emergency excessesDr Subhash Mukhopadhyay — physician associated with India's first test-tube babyAshok Mehta — chaired the committee that recommended a two-tier Panchayati Raj system

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