Allahabad HC seeks govt response in PIL challenging ‘Samvidhan Hatya Diwas’ notification

The Allahabad high court has sought a response from the Centre in a public interest litigation petition challenging the government notification dated July 13, 2024, declaring June 25—the day Emergency was imposed in the country in 1975—as ‘Samvidhan Hatya Diwas’. In the PIL, the petitioner had sought quashing of the central government’s notification, published in the Gazette of India on July 13, declaring June 25 as ‘Samvidhan Hatya Diwas’. The gazette notification under challenge was issued/published on July 13, stating that a proclamation of Emergency was made on June 25, 1975, following which “there was gross abuse of power by the then government of the day and people of India were subjected to excesses and atrocities.” The notification further said the people of India have faith in the Constitution and the power of India’s resilient democracy. “Therefore, the government of India declares 25th June as ‘Samvidhan Hatya Diwas’ to pay tribute to all those who suffered and fought against the gross abuse of power during the period of emergency and to recommit the people of India to not support in any manner such gross abuse of power, in future,” the notification said.