Match the LIST-I with LIST-II
| LIST-I (Prominent personality) | LIST-II (Landmark events) | ||
| A. | Justice A. N. Ray | I. | Awarded with Padma Bhushan, returned award in protest against the Emergency |
| B. | Justice Jagmohan Lal Sinha | II. | Appointed as the Chief Justice of India, setting aside the seniority of three judges |
| C. | Shivarama Karanth | III. | Awarded with Padma Shri, returned award in protest against the Emergency |
| D. | Fanishwarnath Renu | IV. | Passed a judgment declaring Indira Gandhi’s election to the Lok Sabha invalid |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A – II, B – IV, C – I, D – III
(A) Justice A. N. Ray — this matches (II) Appointed as the Chief Justice of India, setting aside the seniority of three judges. The government made this appointment in 1973.
(B) Justice Jagmohan Lal Sinha — this matches (IV) Passed a judgment declaring Indira Gandhi’s election to the Lok Sabha invalid. He did so on 12 June 1975, as a judge of the Allahabad High Court.
(C) Shivarama Karanth — this matches (I) Awarded with Padma Bhushan, returned award in protest against the Emergency.
(D) Fanishwarnath Renu — this matches (III) Awarded with Padma Shri, returned award in protest against the Emergency.
NCERT (2025-26): “Conflict with Judiciary … Immediately after the Supreme Court’s decision in 1973 in the Keshavananda Bharati case, a vacancy arose for the post of the Chief Justice of India. It had been a practice to appoint the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court as the Chief Justice. But in 1973, the government set aside the seniority of three judges and appointed Justice A. N. Ray as the Chief Justice of India. The appointment became politically controversial because all the three judges who were superseded had given rulings against the stand of the government.… Declaration of Emergency On 12 June 1975, Justice Jagmohan Lal Sinha of the Allahabad High Court passed a judgment declaring Indira Gandhi’s election to the Lok Sabha invalid. This order came on an election petition filed by Raj Narain, a socialist leader and a candidate who had contested against her in 1971.… Consequences … Many journalists were arrested for writing against the Emergency. Many underground newsletters and leaflets were published to bypass censorship. Kannada writer Shivarama Karanth, awarded with Padma Bhushan, and Hindi writer Fanishwarnath Renu, awarded with Padma Shri, returned their awards in protest against the suspension of democracy.…” |