{"license":"Free to use with attribution to Vaada Meter (license terms to be finalised)","methodVersion":"1.0","generatedAt":"2026-10-06T07:29:06.596Z","data":{"id":"janata-ls-1977-005","text":"Amend Article 352 to prevent future abuse of Emergency powers","quote":"Amend Article 352 to prevent future misuse of Emergency powers and ensure that an Emergency cannot be declared without written Cabinet advice.","quoteIsExact":true,"quoteLanguage":"en","quoteEnglish":null,"page":null,"sector":"law-justice","measurability":"measurable","importance":"headline","deadline":"1982-03-24","deadlineType":"implied","status":"kept","rating":10,"ratingRule":"kept","provisional":false,"confidence":"high","reason":"The 44th Amendment Act of 1978 replaced 'internal disturbance' with 'armed rebellion' in Article 352, made written Cabinet recommendation mandatory, and ensured that Articles 20 and 21 (right to life and liberty) cannot be suspended during an Emergency (per Forty-fourth Amendment records).","evidence":[{"date":"1978-04-30","sourceType":"other","publisher":"Wikipedia","title":"Forty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty-fourth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_India","quote":"Article 352 was amended so that internal emergency could only be proclaimed on grounds of 'armed rebellion', and right to life and liberty under Articles 20 and 21 cannot be suspended.","stance":"supports"},{"date":"1977-03-24","sourceType":"other","publisher":"Wikipedia","title":"The Emergency (India)","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emergency_(India)","quote":"The 44th Amendment instituted constitutional safeguards ensuring a unilateral proclamation of emergency could never be repeated.","stance":"supports"}],"tags":["article-352","emergency-safeguards","constitution"],"sensitive":false,"memeLine":null,"repeatOf":[],"review":{"state":"ai_draft","draftedBy":"research-agent","draftedAt":"2026-10-06","reviewedBy":null,"approvedBy":null},"manifestoId":"janata-ls-1977","partyId":"janata-party","electionId":"ls-1977"}}