Priors
JP movement and the Emergency, 1975-1977

Preventive arrest

25 Jun 1975

In power
INC — Centre
Acted
Centre
Under
Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971 (MISA)

Opposition leaders were arrested from the night of 25-26 June 1975. In Bangalore, A. B. Vajpayee, L. K. Advani, S. N. Mishra and Madhu Dandavate were detained under MISA on 26 June after the Delhi Chief Secretary asked for their arrest with, he said, the Prime Minister's concurrence. Morarji Desai was also held. Jayaprakash Narayan was arrested under MISA in Delhi, taken to Chandigarh on 1 July and held at the PGI campus, which was notified as a sub-jail. He was released on 12 November 1975 after his health deteriorated, and was then treated for kidney damage at Jaslok Hospital in Bombay. The Shah Commission found that the arrests of political leaders ordered that night did not comply with the law and amounted to wrongful arrest and detention. [1][3][2]

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The same action under other governments

For each party in power, its most recent preventive arrest in another entry. Chosen by this rule, not by hand.

  1. 2026Protests demanding the Chief Election Commissioner's resignationIn power: BJP — Delhi Police, Haryana
  2. 2011India Against Corruption fast and Anna Hazare arrestIn power: INC — Delhi Police

Sources

  1. 1Shah Commission of Inquiry, Interim Report IShah Commission of Inquiry, Government of India (copy on Internet Archive), 11 Mar 1978T2 Court
  2. 2'Prisoner JP' in Chandigarh, 40 years agoThe Tribune, M. G. Devasahayam, 11 Oct 2015T5 Secondary
  3. 3Shah Commission of Inquiry, Third and Final ReportShah Commission of Inquiry, Government of India (copy on Internet Archive), 6 Aug 1978T2 Court