Supreme Court · 1993 INSC 265 · Decided 17 August 1993
Sheela Barse v. Union of India and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1993 INSC 265 · [1993] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 561
- Case number
- CONTEMPT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 237/1989
- Decided
- 17 August 1993
- Bench
- M.N. VENKATACHALIAH, S.C. AGRAWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Contempt
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
UNION OF INDIA AND ANR. AUGUST 17, 1993 [M.N. VENKATACHALIAH, CJ., AND S. MOHAN, J.J Mental Health Act, 1947/Central and State Mental Health Auth01ity Rules, 1990: A B Care and custody of mentally ill pci:rons in West Bengal-Whether they C can be jailed as non-cri111inal lunatics-Wlio should the mentally ill to this Court narrating that many children and adults are committed to jail in Calcutta as lunatics, which deprives them or their liberty on the pretext of treatment. When these persons were produced before the Judicial or the Executive Magistrate of West Bengal an instant
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