H. R. Khanna

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H. R. Khanna was a distinguished Indian Supreme Court judge renowned for his principled dissent in landmark constitutional cases and his steadfast defense of civil liberties during the Emergency.

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H. R. Khanna canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian judge ⓘ
person ⓘ
appointedAsSupremeCourtJudgeBy Indira Gandhi ⓘ
awardReceived Padma Bhushan ⓘ
Padma Vibhushan ⓘ
countryOfBirth India ⓘ
countryOfDeath India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1912-09-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2008-02-25 ⓘ
education Government College, Lahore ⓘ
Law College, Lahore ⓘ
employer Supreme Court of India ⓘ
era Indian Emergency (1975–1977) ⓘ
familyName Khanna ⓘ
father S. L. Khanna ⓘ
fieldOfWork constitutional law ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
fullName Hans Raj Khanna ⓘ
givenName Hans Raj ⓘ
judicialPhilosophy judicial independence ⓘ
protection of fundamental rights ⓘ
knownFor defense of civil liberties during the Emergency in India ⓘ
dissenting opinion in ADM Jabalpur v. Shivkant Shukla ⓘ
principled judicial dissents ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legacy symbol of judicial courage in India ⓘ
nationality Indian ⓘ
notableWork Judicial Review or Confrontation ⓘ
Making of India’s Constitution ⓘ
Neither Roses Nor Thorns ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
judge ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Amritsar ⓘ
placeOfBurial New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India
placeOfDeath New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India
positionHeld Acting Chief Justice of India ⓘ
Judge of the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
reasonForRefusalOfCJI superseded due to dissent in ADM Jabalpur case ⓘ
refusedPosition Chief Justice of India ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
spouse Uma Khanna ⓘ
termEndAsSupremeCourtJudge 1977 ⓘ
termStartAsSupremeCourtJudge 1971 ⓘ
yearOfAwardPadmaBhushan 1999 ⓘ
yearOfAwardPadmaVibhushan 2007 ⓘ

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