Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 34 · Decided 12 February 1979
Hussainara Khatoon & ORS. v. Home Secretary, State of Bihar, GOVT. of BIHAR. Patna
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1979 INSC 34 · [1979] 3 S.C.R. 169
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 57/1979
- Decided
- 12 February 1979
- Bench
- P.N. BHAGWATI, R.S. PATHAK, A.D. KOSHAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21
Headnote
16 9 Administration of Justice-Pre-trial detention-Right of under-trial prisoner to have a speedy trial-Art. 21 of Constitution of India . A B ~ __ Pre-trial release--C'oncept of-Determinative factor~ in grant of bail and --~ release of under-trial prisoner on personal bond without monetary petition for the issue of a writ of habeas corpus the petitioners stated that a large nun1ber of men and women i•.1cluding childr'en were in jails for years awaiting-trial in courts of law and that the offences, even if proved, would not warrant punishn1ent for more than a few months.
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