Supreme Court · 1980 INSC 101 · Decided 30 April 1980
Ramesh Kaushik v. B. L. Vig, Superinibndent and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1980 INSC 101 · [1980] 3 S.C.R. 929
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 393/1980
- Decided
- 30 April 1980
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY, A.P. SEN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Jtdl Jurisprudence-Prison torture and Constitutional Jurisdiction of the Cowt-Tl'eatment for 'B' class amf 'C' class in Tihar !Mil whither o/Jlmlfs Artidt 14 of the Constitution-Constitution of India Artie/ea 21, 19 and 14. A B r Kaushik, a lifer lodged in Tihar Jail moved a quasi habeas corpus and horror, pb,ysica1 C and poycbic, let loose on him and ot:ber jail mates by a crypto criminal combiaa- ·.tiOD of senior officials and superior prisoners, thereby making the prison life withia that walled world such a trauma a-nd torment the law never mearit under the sentence
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