Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 642 · Decided 22 September 2006
Prakash Singh and ORS. v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 642 · [2006] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 473
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 310/1996
- Decided
- 22 September 2006
- Bench
- Y.K. SABHARWAL, C.K. THAKKER, P.K. BALASUBRAMANYAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Constitution of India 1950: A B Article 32 read with Article 142-Awaiting framing of appropriate C legislations wholly insulating the Police from any pressure, guidelines and directions issued by the Supreme Court-Held, Supreme Court has power to issue such directions, as may be necessa1y for Act, 1861. Article 144-0rder, guidelines or directions isiued by the Supreme Court-Observance of-Held, all authorities are mandated to act in aid of orders passed by the Supreme Court. D Considering the far reaching changes that had taken place in the country after the enactment of the Indian
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