Supreme Court · 1980 INSC 230 · Decided 5 December 1980
Malak Singh ETC. v. State of Punjab & Haryana & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1980 INSC 230 · [1981] 2 S.C.R. 311
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 707/1980
- Decided
- 5 December 1980
- Bench
- R.S. PATHAK, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21, 136
Headnote
Rfght to privacy of the citizen versus duty of the police to prevent crime­ Surv~illance register to be maintained by the police as per Punjab Police Rules, vircs·. thereof not challenged-Whether a perso?J. is entitled to be .given .an opportunity before his name is included in the said persons fitted into the category of 1hose n•ho are reasonably believed to be habitual offenders or receivers of stolen property whether they have been convicted or not-Punjab Police Rules 1.5, 1.21, 23.4, 23.5, 23.7, 23.8 and.23.31 scope of-Police Act 1861 Section 23....:Constitution
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