A. K. Gopalan v. State of Madras

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/A._K._Gopalan_v._State_of_Madras
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation AIR 1950 SC 27
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:date 1950
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_India
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label A. K. Gopalan v. State of Madras
gptkbp:judge gptkb:M._Patanjali_Sastri
gptkb:Mehr_Chand_Mahajan
gptkb:Harilal_Jekisundas_Kania
gptkb:S._R._Das
B. K. Mukherjea
Fazl Ali
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Harilal_Jekisundas_Kania
gptkbp:legalIssue gptkb:Article_21_of_the_Constitution_of_India
Fundamental Rights
Preventive detention
Article 22 of the Constitution of India
gptkbp:overruledBy gptkb:Maneka_Gandhi_v._Union_of_India
gptkbp:petitioner gptkb:A._K._Gopalan
gptkbp:powers 6 judges
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Preventive_Detention_Act,_1950
gptkbp:response State of Madras
gptkbp:result Upheld constitutionality of Preventive Detention Act, 1950
gptkbp:significance First major case on fundamental rights in India
gptkbp:subject gptkb:constitutional_law
Due process
Personal liberty
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:AIR_1978_SC_597
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7