Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 813 · Decided 23 October 2024
Suhas Chakma v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 813 · [2024] 10 S.C.R. 1769
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1082/2020
- Decided
- 23 October 2024
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, K.V. VISWANATHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21, 39, 32
Headnote
Access to free and timely legal aid for prison inmates. Free Legal Aid - Constitutional and Statutory Framework - Constitution of India - Articles 21, 39-A - Equal justice and free legal aid - Legal Services Authorities Act, by NALSA for making legal services available, creating awareness about convict's right of appeal, availability of free legal services - Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) by NALSA on Access to Legal Aid Services to Prisoners and Functioning of the Prison Legal Aid Clinics 2022
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