Supreme Court · 1981 INSC 64 · Decided 12 March 1981
Surjeet Singh & ANR. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1981 INSC 64 · [1981] 3 S.C.R. 205
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 5931/1980
- Decided
- 12 March 1981
- Bench
- A.D. KOSHAL, BAHARUL ISLAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 22(5), 32
Headnote
Whet her service 011 the detenu, whose mother tongue is Hindi of the grounds of detention in English, a language not understood by him, vitiates the deten­ tion-Grounds of detention explained to the detenu in Hindi by the Serving Offi­ cer-Not enough-Grounds must be supplied in Hindi. English language with which they were not conversant could not be considered to be effective communication to them so as to afford to them a real opportu­ nity of making a representation against the order of detention. Their deten­ tion is repugnant to the provisions of Article 22 (5) of
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