Supreme Court · 1983 INSC 9 · Decided 15 February 1983
Sheela Barse v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1983 INSC 9 · [1983] 2 S.C.R. 337
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1053/1982
- Decided
- 15 February 1983
- Bench
- P.N. BHAGWATI, R.S. PATHAK, AMARENDRA NATH SEN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 41, 54; Constitution Article 14, 21, 32
Headnote
BARSE v. STATE .OF MAHARASHTRA February 15, 1983 [P.N, BHAGWATI, R.S. PATHAK AND AMARENDRA NATH SEN, JJ.J 337 Legal Aid to the poor-Importance of legal aid to the poor eXplained­ Directions given to Prison authorities and police on providing legal aid to the poor prisoners. The petitioner, a police in the police lock up and two of them in particular alleged that they had been assaulted and tortured in the lock up. Treating the letter as a writ petition the Court issued notices to all concerned to show cause why the writ petition should not be aUowed. In the meanwhile the Director of
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