(1) Effects on civil liberties for citizens

The impact of Emergency on:

Fundamental Rights of people including right to move to the court were suspended. The government made large scale arrests under the provision of preventive detention and the arrested political workers could not challenge their arrest under Habeas Corpus petition.

(2) Relation between Executive and Judiciary

There was conflict between the two. The Indira Gandhi government brought in many new changes in Constitution that declared that elections of Prime Minister, President and Vice-President could not be challenged in the court. The government also superseded the practices of the Supreme Court in appointing its Chief Justice.

(3) Functions of Mass Communication

Press censorship banned freedom of press and newspapers and was supposed to get prior approval before they publish any material. Newspapers like Indian Express and Statesman protested against censorship by resorting to leaving blank spaces of censored news; Magazines like Seminar and Mainstream closed down. Journalists writing against the emergency were arrested. Underground leaflets were published to oppose censorship.