Indira Nehru Gandhi v. Raj Narain (1975)(CLAT, UPSC,  LL.B. LL.M. Judicial Services, State Services)

Raj Narain had contested the Indian general election, 1971 against Indira Gandhi, who represented the constituency of Rae Bareilly in the Lok Sabha , the lower house of the Indian Parliament. Gandhi was re-elected from Rae Bareilly by a two-to-one margin of the popular vote, and her Indian National Congress (R) party won a sweeping majority in the Indian Parliament. Narain filed a petition to appeal the verdict, alleging that Indira Gandhi used bribery, government machinery and resources to gain an unfair advantage in contesting the election. Narain specifically charged Gandhi of using government employees as election agents and of organising campaign activities in the constituency while still on the payroll of the government.
Mrs Gandhi was represented by the noted lawyer
Nana Palkhiwala , Raj Narayan by Shanti Bhushan . After Mrs Gandhi imposed emergency on 26-June-1975, Palkhiwala resigned as her lawyer to protest against the decision. When Janata Party came to power in 1977, Palkhiwala was appointed Ambassador to US. Shanti Bhushan became a minister in the Janata Party government.
Judgement
On 12 June 1975, Justice Jagmohanlal Sinha found Indira Gandhi guilty of electoral malpractices. Sinha declared the election verdict in the Rae Bareilly constituency "null and void", and barred Indira from holding elected office for six years. [2][3][4][1] While Sinha had dismissed charges of bribery, he had found Indira guilty of misusing government machinery as a government employee herself. [1] The court order gave the Congress (R) twenty days to make arrangements to replace Indira in her official posts. This was unprecedented. Its impact finally led to the fall of Congress regime at the centre immediately after emergency. Raj Narain became a national hero for overthrowing Indira's and Congress regime after 30 years of independence, initially by trouncing Indira in judicial battle and later in 1977 Loksabha elections. This fulfilled an unrealised dream of his friend and mentor Dr Ram Manohar Lohia. Indira appealed the verdict to the Supreme Court of India , which granted a conditional stay of execution on the ruling on 24 June 1975. [1] On 7 November 1975, the Supreme Court of India formally overturned the conviction.

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