Supreme Court of India
Nilabati Behera v. State of Orissa
(1993) 2 SCC 746
- Decision date
- 1993
- Text availability
- Summary or case record only
- Bench
- 3-Judge Bench
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Principle
State liable to compensate for custodial death; sovereign immunity inapplicable to fundamental-right violations.
Connected provisions and cases
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Judgment text
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