Supreme Court · 1962 INSC 143 · Decided 16 April 1962
State of West Bengal v. S. K. Ghosh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1962 INSC 143 · [1963] 2 S.C.R. 111
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 140/1959
- Decided
- 16 April 1962
- Bench
- T.L. VENKATARAMA AIYYAR, BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA, P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K.N. WANCHOO, N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 53; Constitution Article 20(1)
Headnote
2 s.c.R. SUPREME OOUR'r REPOR'l's 111 I do not see how these observations help the appel- I9BB lant. They only state the obvious, ne.mely, the.t if Da••,.,, of BAimJi there was a law within the meaning of the amended Goliil article, no question of infringing -the fundamental Joint Press Notes issued by the Government dearly in- fringed the fundamental right of the petitioner. But, in view of the fact that the period for which licence was asked had run out, the applica­ tion in respect thereof has become infructuous and, therefore has to be dismissed. In the result,
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