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Shah Commission Of Inquiry 3rd Final Report

Shah Commission was a commission of inquiry appointed by Government of India in 1977 to inquire into all the excesses committed in the Indian Emergency (1975 - 77). It was headed by Justice J.C. Shah, a former chief Justice of India. The Indian Emergency of 26 June 1975 – 21 March 1977 was a 21-month period when President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, upon advice by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, declared a state of emergency under Article 352 of the Constitution of India, effectively bestowing on her the power to rule by decree, suspending elections and civil liberties. It is one of the most controversial times in the history of independent India. On 23 January 1977 Gandhi called elections for March and released all political prisoners. Pranab Mukherjee was secretly facilitated for helping Sanjay for arresting high profile political opponents. In the elections held on 16-20 March 1977 Gandhi's Congress Party suffered a massive defeat at the hands of the Janata Party, which took office on 24 March 1977. The government appointed the commission on 28 May 1977 under Section 3 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952. The commission was to report by 31 December 1977, but was later given an exten

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