Judge who set aside Indira Gandhi election dies

Allahabad: Justice Jagmohan Lal Sinha, who set aside the election of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi from Rae Bareli in 1975, a judgment that eventually led to the imposition of Emergency in the country, died at his Allahabad home on Thursday evening.

Justice Sinha, who was 87, died due to age-related problems. His body was cremated at Rasoolabad Ghat on the banks of Ganga in Allahabad on Friday.

Justice Sinha is survived by his wife and three sons.

Justice Sinha is the only judge in the history of the country who set aside the election of a PM for corrupt practices in an election. Gandhi retaliated by imposing a national Emergency on June 25, 1975.