 This issue was at the heart of the case of the "Additional District Magistrate of Jabalpur v. Shiv Kant Shukla", popularly known as the "Habeas Corpus case", which came up for hearing in front of the
Supreme Court in December 1975.Given the important nature of the case, a bench comprising the five seniormost judges was convened to hear the case.During the arguments, Justice Khanna at one point asked the Attorney General Niren De