Supreme Court of India

Prem Shankar Shukla v. Delhi Administration

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Reported as [1980] 3 S.C.R. 855

Bench V. R. Krishna Iyer, R. S. Pathak and O. Chjnnappa Reddy JJ.

Decided 29 April 1980

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What the Court ordered

We hold that it is arbitrary and irrational to classify, prisoners for purposes of handcuffs, into 'B' class and ordinary class.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Hu111an justice vis-a-vis Detention Jurisprudence-Manacling a man accused at an ofiencc, constitutional validity of-Constitution of India Arti cles 14, 19 and 21--ls.suance of a Writ of Habeas Corpus for human 1 Justice under Article 32 of the Constitution-Univer.rol Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 Articles 5 and IO read lvith nonns in Part III and the provi sions in the Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act, 1955-Punjab Police Rules, 1934, r·o/. ll/ Chop. 25. Rule 26 : 22, 23. Allo,ving the petition, the Court HELD : Per /~er J. (On behalf of Chinnappa Reddy J. and himself). 1. The

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