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The Supreme Court was initially reluctant to take up the petition (File)
New Delhi:
Whether the Emergency of 1975 imposed by the Indira Gandhi-led Congress government can be declared wholly unconstitutional after so many years will be examined by the Supreme Court, which today asked the centre to respond to a petition filed by a 94-year-old woman.
A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said it would examine whether it would be feasible or desirable for it to go into the validity of the proclamation of Emergency after a lapse of 45 years. We are inclined to see whether a simpliciter declaration on Emergency is feasible or desirable after passage of time, the judges said.