Supreme Court · 1980 INSC 241 · Decided 19 December 1980
Khatri and Others v. State of Bihar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1980 INSC 241 · [1981] 2 S.C.R. 408
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 5670/1980
- Decided
- 19 December 1980
- Bench
- P.N. BHAGWATI, A.P. SEN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Hearing Adjourned
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Right to free legal services to a person accused, of an offence-Duty of the State explained Co11Stitution of India, Articles 21 and 22. Expressing displeasure over disregard of the decision of the Supreme Court by the State of Bihar, the Court HELD : (I) The right to free legal services is clearly accused of an offence and it is implicit in the guarantee of Article 21 and the State is under a constitutional mandate to provide a lawyer to an accused person if the circumstances of the case and the needs of justice so require, provided of course the accused person does not object to the
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