Supreme Court · 1986 INSC 273 · Decided 19 December 1986
Peoples' Union for Democratic Rights v. State of Bihar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1986 INSC 273 · [1987] 1 S.C.R. 631
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 369/1986
- Decided
- 19 December 1986
- Bench
- RANGANATH MISRA, M.M. DUTT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950, Art. 32-Police firing-Some persons killed and several others injured-Payment of compensation­ Necessity for. Public Interest LitiKation~Po/ice firin~Some persons dying and several others injured-!'ayment of compensation-Necessity of. The petitioner-an organisation, filed an application under Article 32 of the Constitution alleging that there was a dispute relating to possession of 26 decimals of low lying land at Arwal between mem­ bers of a rich Rajak family on one side and members of nine poor families on the other; and that on April 19, 1986,
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