Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 1007 · Decided 5 September 2019
DR. Ashwani Kumar v. Union of India and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 1007 · [2019] 12 S.C.R. 30
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 738/2016
- Decided
- 5 September 2019
- Bench
- RANJAN GOGOI, DINESH MAHESHWARI, SANJIV KHANNA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21, 32, 141, 142, 73, 162
Headnote
Custodial Torture: Writ petition filed under Art.32 of the Constitution - Seeking effective and purposive legislative framework/law based upon the 'Convention against torture and Other Treatment or Punishment' adopted by the United Nations General Assembly - Prayer of applicant was that custodial torture being crime against humanity which directly infracts and violates Art.21, this court should invoke and exercise jurisdiction under Arts.141, 142 for protection
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