Day: June 14, 2021

CASE ANALYSIS oF A.K. GOPALAN V. THE STATE OF MADRAS (aIR 1950 SC 27, 1950 SCR 88)

A petition under article 32 of the Indian constitution seeking the writ of habeas corpus was filed in the apex court by the applicant, Ayillyath Kuttiari Gopalan, a communist leader. He in his petition stated how he had been detained since December, 1947. At first, he was convicted under ordinary criminal laws and sentenced to imprisonment but later these convictions were revoked by the court.