Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 550 · Decided 29 November 2000
R.D. Upadhyay v. State of Andhra Pradesh and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 550 · [2000] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 167
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 559/1994
- Decided
- 29 November 2000
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, V.N. KHARE, M. JAGANNADHA RAO (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC; Constitution Article 32
Headnote
A B Under/rial Prisoner-Lunatic-Languishing in jail in West Bengal Since 1962-Medical aid-State failing to provide-Compensation-Report C submitted by Chief Judicial Magistrate indicating that medical treatment provided after High Court intervened-Superintendent, Jail did not submit even medical 1995-A.C.C.M. made no efforts to take any action-Even after Supreme Court pointed out existing state of affairs, there has been no fixing of accountability-Supreme Court showing its anquish-Held, there has been D complete violation of statutory provisions contained in Prisons Act, Code of
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