Author: Varnika Verma CITATIONS: AIR 1950 SC 27 1950 Cri LJ 1383 MANU/SC/0012/1950 [1950] 1 SC R 88 BENCH Justice H.J. Kania, Chief Justice B.K. Mukherjea, Justice M.C. Mahajan, Justice M. Patanjali Sastri, Justice Sudhi Ranjan Das, Justice Saiyid Fazl Alli. INTRODUCTION A.K.Gopalan was a politician who was detained in prison since 1947 and was