Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 397 · Decided 18 September 2002
State of Punjab and ORS. v. Nihal Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 397 · [2002] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 489
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 708/2001
- Decided
- 18 September 2002
- Bench
- R.C. LAHOTI, BRIJESH KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Constitution Article 14, 15(I)
Headnote
B Punjab Jail Manual Para 576-A-Classification of convicted prisoners into Classes A, B and C-Appellant, a life convict, filing writ petition before High Court C seeking to be classified as Class B prisoner and/or consequentialfacilities­ High Court declaring the classification itself as ultra in withdrawal of facilities extended to classified prisoners-Held, question of Vires of Para 576-A not being raised before the High Court and Advocate D General not being put on notice, procedure adopted by High Court in invalidating Para 576-A was wholly unsatisfactory and unsustainable-Writ
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