Supreme Court of India
Sunil Batra v. Delhi Administration
(1978) 4 SCC 494
- Decision date
- 1978
- Text availability
- Summary or case record only
- Bench
- 5-Judge Bench
Source: landmark_precedents seed
Principle
Prisoners are not stripped of their fundamental rights; solitary confinement and putting prisoners in bar fetters without judicial sanction violates Article 21.
Connected provisions and cases
Judgment text
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