Civil liberties

Coverage balance

How many entries exist for each party's governments and each decade. This shows where the record is thin, so a quiet period reads as a gap in coverage, not as inactivity.

Dossiers

Actions in time order, by government

1. Morarji Desai, 24 Mar 1977 to 28 Jul 1979

   JP Janata Party government

   • ImplementedJP28 May 1977

     Shah Commission of Inquiry into Emergency excesses 1977

     The Janata government appointed Justice J. C. Shah in May 1977 to inquire into Emergency-era conduct; special courts to try the findings were later held not legally constituted.

     Evidence points −4.0 (range −5.0 to −3.0)

   • ImplementedJP30 Apr 1979

     Constitution (44th Amendment) Act, 1978

     Amendment reversing several Emergency-era changes: narrower Emergency grounds, fixed limits on preventive detention, and removal of property from the fundamental rights.

     Evidence points +16.5 (range +16.0 to +17.0)

2. Narendra Modi, 30 May 2019 to 9 Jun 2024

   BJP NDA government

   • ImplementedBJP1 Aug 2019

     PMLA amendments (2019) and the Supreme Court's Vijay Madanlal Choudhary ruling (2022)

     The Finance (No. 2) Act, 2019 amended the 2002 money-laundering law; in July 2022 the Supreme Court upheld the Enforcement Directorate's arrest, attachment and bail provisions, and a review is pending.

     Evidence points +2.0 (range +2.0 to +2.0)