Supreme Court of India

T. V. Vatheeswaran v. State of Tamil Nadu

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Reported as [1983] 2 S.C.R. 348
Bench O. Chinnappa Reddy J.
Decided 16 February 1983

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Constitution of India-Art. 21-Pr/soner sentenced to death-Detention awaiting execution-Detention exceeding two years violative of guarantee of fair p'rocedure under Art. 21. The appellant was sentenced to death in January, 1975 on a charge of committing wicked and diabolic murders and ·since then he was in -solitary confinement. Before conviction, he had been a 'prisoner under remand' for two years. The appellant's contention was that to take away his life after keeping him in jail for ten years, eight of which in illegal solitary confinement, woukl be violative of Art. 21. Allowing the

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