Communist Party of India — Key Cases & Reports

Key Cases & Reports

A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras

1950

This landmark case, involving a prominent communist leader, challenged the Preventive Detention Act, 1950, on grounds of violating fundamental rights, particularly Article 19…

State of Madras v. V.G. Row

1952

This case dealt with the validity of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1908, which empowered the government to declare associations unlawful. The Supreme Court, while upholding the…

Indira Nehru Gandhi v. Raj Narain

1975

While primarily an election dispute, this case led to the declaration of the National Emergency in 1975, a period that profoundly impacted all political parties, including the…