Supreme Court of India

Sunil Batra Etc. v. Delhi Administration and Ors. Etc.

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Reported as [1979] 1 S.C.R. 392

Decided 30 August 1978

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What the Court ordered

We hold that solitary confinement, cellular segrega- c tion and marginally modified editions of the same process are in human and irrational.

Judgment, page 92

Authorities it was built on

1977 Mohammad Giasuddin v. State of Andhra Pradesh cited by 9

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2019 Dr. Ashwani Kumar v. Union of India and Another referred to
2018 Joseph Shine v. Union of India referred to
2018 Navtej Singh Johar & Ors. v. Union of India Thr. Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice referred to
2018 Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan v. The State of Maharashtra and Anr. referred to
2017 Justice K S Puttaswamy (retd.), and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors. referred to
2017 Binoy Viswam v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
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