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In May 1977, the Janata Party government appointed a Commission of Inquiry headed by justice J.C. Shah, retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India., to inquire ?into several aspects of allegations of abuse of authority, excesses and malpractices committed and action taken in the wake of the Emergency proclaimed on the 25th June, 1975. The Commission examined various kinds of evidence and called scores of witnesses to give testimonies. Following were the findings of Shah Commission. (i) The govt. made extensive use of Preventive Detention. Around One Lakh eleven thousand people were arrested under this law. The arrested political workers were not allowed to challenge their arrest through Habeas Corpus. (ii) Newspapers were asked to get prior approval for all material to be published. This is known as press censorship. In other words severe restriction were imposed on press sometimes without legal sanctions. (iii) General Manager of Delhi Power Supply Corporation was given verbal orders to cut electricity to all newspapers and pressses from 2:00 a.m. on 26th June, 1975. Electricity was restored 2 to 3 days later after censorship apparatus was set-up.
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