Supreme Court · 1981 INSC 11 · Decided 13 January 1981
Francis Coralie Mullin v. The Administrator, Union Territory of Delhi & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1981 INSC 11 · [1981] 2 S.C.R. 516
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 3042/1980
- Decided
- 13 January 1981
- Bench
- P.N. BHAGWATI, S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Right of the detenu under Conservation of Foreig11 Exchange & Prevention of Smuggling Activitiea Act, to have interview wilh a lawyer and the mtm· bm of hu family-Section 3(b)({) &: (ii) read with rule 559A and 550 of the Punjab Manual of the Superintendence and Management of Constitution and hence invalid-Di3tirlctioll between pre~·mtive detention with punitive detention-Constitution ,of Indf~ 1950 Article 21, scope of. Allowing the writ petition, the Court HEll> : ( 1) While considering the question of validity of conditiom of detention coum must
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