Supreme Court of India

Ramesh Kaushik v. B. L. Vig, Superinibndent and Anr.

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Reported as [1980] 3 S.C.R. 929
Decided 30 April 1980

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Jtdl Jurisprudence-Prison torture and Constitutional Jurisdiction of the Cowt-Tl'eatment for ' ' class amf ' ' class in Tihar !Mil whither o/Jlmlfs Artidt 14 of the Constitution-Constitution of India Artie/ea 21, 19 and 14. r Kaushik, a lifer lodged in Tihar Jail moved a quasi habeas corpus petition .bittaiy complaining with facts and figures, of the terror and horror, pb,ysica1 and poycbic, let loose on him and ot:ber jail mates by a crypto criminal combiaa- ·.tiOD of senior officials and superior prisoners, thereby making the prison life withia that walled world such a trauma a-nd torment

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