Supreme Court · 1981 INSC 56 · Decided 9 March 1981
SMT. Khatoon Begum ETC. ETC. v. Union of India and ORS. ETC. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1981 INSC 56 · [1981] 3 S.C.R. 137
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 293/1981
- Decided
- 9 March 1981
- Bench
- O. CHINNAPPA REDDY, BAHARUL ISLAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 22(5), 32
Headnote
BEGUM ETC. ETC v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. ETC. ETC. March 9, 1981 (0. CHINNAPPA REDDY AND BAHARUL ISLAM, JJ.J Constitution af India, I950, Article 22(5) -Whether delay in considering the representation made by a detenu vitiates the detention under the National Security Act. Allowing the a representation against the order. The right and obligation to make and to consider the representation at the earliest opportunity is a constitu­ tional imperative which cannot be curtailed or abridged. [140 E] A B c I : 2. If the Parliament or the State Legislature making the law
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