Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 151 · Decided 18 July 1972
Niranjan Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 151 · [1973] 1 S.C.R. 691
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 450/1971
- Decided
- 18 July 1972
- Bench
- P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY, KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 22(5), 226, 32
Headnote
G H NIRANJAN SINGH v. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH July 18, 1972 691 (P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY AND K. K. MATHEW, JJ.J Constitution of India 1950 Art. 22(5) State Govt. must consider detenu's repre!lqltation expeditiously-when there is inordinate delay which is unexplained the detention muat be held to be 1971 under s. 2-A of the Madhya Pradesh Public Security Act (Amendment Act) of 1970 detained the pet'1ioner with a view to preventing him from acting in any manner prejudicial to the maintenance of public order. The grounds of detention were served on the detenu. The petitioner made a
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