Supreme Court · 1980 INSC 179 · Decided 11 September 1980
Hamida Sarfaraz Qureishi v. M. S. Kasbekar & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1980 INSC 179 · [1981] 1 S.C.R. 691
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 3403/1980
- Decided
- 11 September 1980
- Bench
- R.S. SARKARIA, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 22, 32, 22(5)
Headnote
Right to be heard-Prevention of Black-Marketing and Maintenance Of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980 (Act 7 of 1980) Section 1 l(a) read with clause 4(a) of Article 22 of the Constitution-Detenu seriously disabled and hospitalised in the Intensive Care Unit-Notice of the meeting of the and that too to the detenu's wife in the hospital-The so-called opportunity of being hnlll'd was a farce and amounted to a negation of the statutory right. Allowing the petition, the Court HELD : The so-called opportunity of being heard in person by the Advisory Board was a farce, and amounted to
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