# The Case That Shook India

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- Authors: [Prashant Bhushan](https://www.bookquiver.com/prashant-bhushan)
- Language: en_IN
- Published: 2017-06-01

## Description

On 12 June 1975, for the first time in independent India’s history, the election of a Prime Minister was set aside by a High Court judgment. The watershed case, Indira Gandhi v. Raj Narain , acted as the catalyst for the imposition of the Emergency. Based on detailed notes of the court proceedings, The Case That Shook India is both a legal and a historical document of a case that decisively shaped India’s political destiny. The author, advocate Prashant Bhushan, sets out to reveal the goings-on inside the court as well as the manoeuvrings outside it, including threats, bribes and deceit. Providing a blow-by-blow account, he vividly recreates courtroom scenes. As the case goes to the Supreme Court, we see how a ruling government can misuse legislative power to save the PM’s election. Through his forceful and gripping narrative, Bhushan offers the reader a front-row seat to watch one of India’s most important legal dramas unfold.

## Editions

### The Case That Shook India

- Publisher: india_viking
- ISBN: 978-06-7009-005-1
- Pages: 328
- Published: 2017-06-01
- Language: en_IN