Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 456 · Decided 7 October 1994
Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee Representing Undertrial Prisoners v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 456 · [1994] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 386
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 307/1993
- Decided
- 7 October 1994
- Bench
- A.M. AHMADI, B.L. HANSARIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 19, 21; NDPS Act Section 37, 36, 36A
Headnote
COURT LEGAL AID COMMITTEE REPRESENTING UNDERTRIAL PRISONERS v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. OCTOBER 7, 1994 [AM. AHMADI AND B.L. HANSARlA, JJ.) Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985, S.37. C Constitution of India Articles 14, 19 and 21-BaiH!ndertrials lan- guishing in jails without prosecutions ought to be quashed-Held, while prosecutions cannot be quashed since the offen­ ces are grave, deprivation of further liberty of undertrials who have been in D jail beyond half of the period of maximum sentence violative of Article 21 : detailed directions given for release on
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