Justice Hans Raj Khanna was a Jurist and an Advocate who established
the Basic Doctrines in 1973. He wrote this Book on 1 July 1977.

Early life
Hans Raj Khanna was born in
Amritsar, Punjab, in 1912, his father was a great Lawyer and a freedom fighter
who served the nation his soul and body both the name of his father is Sarb Dyal Khanna. The family of Khanna was in a trading tradition but the Sarb Dyal Khanna became the leading Lawyer and later on the Mayor of Amritsar. Hans Raj Khanna took a keen interest in the Law and completed his schooling at DAV High School Amritsar. After completing his art degree from the Amritsar he married Uma Mehra in 1934 and then he pursued the Law from
Lahore University at 22.
Judicial career
In January 1952 he was appointed as the Chief Justice of Punjab by Sir Eric Weston. He served in the District Court of
Ferozepur and Ambala. He became known for his important decision for convicting India’s leading Industrialist
Ramkrishna Dalmia
for corruption which resulted in the jail of Tihar for corruption. He also served as the chief justice of Delhi High Court from 1969 to 1971 and, then he was appointed as the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
Famous judgment
This was the remarkable case of his career including the case of Habeas carpus, in this case, the most Judges bench was constituted of
about 13 judges. And the matter was whether the parliament has the power to amend the constitution or not.
The 7 judges were in favor of YES and 6 were on the NO, Hans Raj Khanna was the person
who has decided that no the parliament doesn’t have the power to amend the basic structure of the
Constitution.
The Habeas carpus case
This is also the famous case of his life in which he declared the famous judgment about the emergency in the government of
Indira Gandhi from 1975 to 1977 and declared it unconstitutional.