Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 67 · Decided 1 February 2012
Imtiyaz Ahmad v. State of Uttar Pradesh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 67 · [2012] 1 S.C.R. 779
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 254/2012
- Decided
- 1 February 2012
- Bench
- A.K. GANGULY, T.S. THAKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Hearing Adjourned
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21, 136, 142
Headnote
779 IMTIYAZ AHMAD v. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ORS. (Criminal Appeal Nos. 254-262 of 2012) FEBRUARY 1, 2012 [ASOK KUMAR ~ANGULY AND T.S. THAKUR, JJ.) Administration of Justice A 8 Stay by High Courts of investigations and trials - c Resulting in pendency of such cases for long - Held: The and more so when the pendency is a D consequence of the stay proceedings granted by High Court - Unduly long delay has the effect of bringing about blatant violation of the Rule of Law and adverse impact on the common man's access to justice - A person's access to justice is a
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